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100 1  Thottam, Jyoti,|eauthor. 
245 10 Sisters of Mokama :|bthe pioneering women who brought hope
       and healing to India /|cJyoti Thottam. 
264  1 New York :|bViking,|c[2022] 
264  4 |c©2022 
300    xxii, 356 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations, maps ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-356). 
505 0  The end of a great war -- The mission at Mokama junction -
       - A plea for help from India -- The moment of freedom -- 
       Aboard the Steel Executive -- "Millions are moving and 
       stirring" -- The opening of Nazareth hospital -- "He is 
       young, energetic and enthusiastic" -- Heartbreak -- THe 
       frontier women of Mokama -- The making of a lady doctor --
       Women of the new India -- The novices go on strike -- The 
       English-only rule -- Miss Wiss and Dr. Kenny -- The flood 
       -- Arrivals -- Departures. 
520    "The never-before-told story of six intrepid Kentucky nuns,
       their journey to build a hospital in the poorest state in 
       India, and the Indian nurses whose lives would never be 
       the same New York Times editor Jyoti Thottam's mother was 
       part of an extraordinary group of Indian women. Born in 
       1946, a time when few women dared to leave their house 
       without the protection of a man, she left home by herself 
       at just fifteen years old and traveled to Bihar-a poor, 
       isolated state in northern India that had been one of the 
       bloodiest regions of Partition-in order to train to be a 
       nurse under the tutelage of the determined and resourceful
       Appalachian nuns who ran Nazareth Hospital. Like Thottam's
       mother's journey, the hospital was a radical undertaking: 
       it was run almost entirely by women, who insisted on 
       giving the highest possible standard of care to everyone 
       who walked through its doors, regardless of caste or 
       religion. Fascinated by her mother's story, Thottam set 
       out to discover the full story of Nazareth Hospital, which
       had been established in 1947 by six nuns from Kentucky. 
       With no knowledge of Hindi, and the awareness that they 
       would likely never see their families again, the sisters 
       had traveled to the small village of Mokama determined to 
       live up to the pioneer spirit of their order, founded in 
       the rough hills of the Kentucky frontier. A year later, 
       they opened the doors of the hospital; soon they began 
       taking in young Indian women as nursing students, offering
       them an opportunity that would change their lives. One of 
       those women, of course, was Thottam's mother. In Sisters 
       of Mokama, Thottam draws upon twenty years' worth of 
       research to tell this inspiring story for the first time. 
       She brings to life the hopes, struggles, and 
       accomplishments of these ordinary women-both American and 
       Indian-who succeeded against the odds during the tumult 
       and trauma of the years after World War II and Partition. 
       Pain and loss were everywhere for the women of that time, 
       but the collapse of the old orders provided the women of 
       Nazareth Hospital with an opening-a chance to create for 
       themselves lives that would never have been possible 
       otherwise"--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Women in medicine|zIndia. 
650  0 Women|xHealth and hygiene|zIndia. 
650  0 Nurses|xHistory|vBiography. 
650  0 Nuns|zIndia|vBiography. 
650  7 Nuns.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01041386 
650  7 Nurses.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01041618 
650  7 Women|xHealth and hygiene.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01176758 
650  7 Women in medicine.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01177924 
651  0 Bihar (India) 
651  7 India.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01210276 
651  7 India|zBihar.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01205758 
655  2 Biography.|0(DNLM)D019215 
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