New Women of the Old Faith : Gender and American Catholicism in the Progressive Era Paperback / softback
by Kathleen Sprows Cummings
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American Catholic women rarely surface as protagonists in histories of the United States.
Offering a new perspective, Kathleen Sprows Cummings places Catholic women at the forefront of two defining developments of the Progressive Era: the emergence of the ""New Woman"" and Catholics' struggle to define their place in American culture.
Cummings highlights four women: Chicago-based journalist Margaret Buchanan Sullivan; Sister Julia McGroarty, SND, founder of Trinity College in Washington, D.C., one of the first Catholic women's colleges; Philadelphia educator Sister Assisium McEvoy, SSJ; and Katherine Eleanor Conway, a Boston editor, public figure, and antisuffragist.
Cummings uses each woman's story to explore how debates over Catholic identity were intertwined with the renegotiation of American gender roles.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:296 pages
- Publisher:The University of North Carolina Press
- Publication Date:30/08/2010
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- ISBN:9780807871522
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:296 pages
- Publisher:The University of North Carolina Press
- Publication Date:30/08/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780807871522