Spirited Lives : How Nuns Shaped Catholic Culture and American Life, 1836-1920.

Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Religion and Gender in Women's Lives -- Unique Characteristics of Communities of Women Religous -- Notes -- 1. The French Connection: Founders, Origins, and Early Activities -- Life in Seventeenth-Century France -- Active Communities of Women -- CSJ Origins and Activities before the Revolution -- The French Revolution and After -- Notes -- 2. Creating an American Identity: Survival and Expansion in the American Milieu -- Notes -- 3. Educating the Good Sister: Gender and Religious Identity -- Notes -- 4. Expanding American Catholic Culture: The Trans-Mississippi West -- Urban West -- Southwest/lndian Mission School -- Colorado Mining Frontier -- Notes -- 5. Promulgating the Faith: Parochial Schools and American Catholic Identity -- Notes -- 6. Educating for Catholic Womanhood: Secondary Academies and Women's Colleges -- Notes -- 7. Succoring the Needy: Nursing, Hospitals, and Social Sciences -- Nursing and Hospitals -- Orphanages and Other Social Services -- Financing and Networking with Laity -- Notes -- Epilogue -- Post- 1920 -- Notes -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A-B -- C -- D -- E -- F-G -- H-I -- J-M -- N-P -- Q-S -- T-V -- W-Y.

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