Across God's Frontiers: Catholic Sisters in the American West, 1850-1920
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Roman Catholic sisters first traveled to the American West as providers of social services, education, and medical assistance. In Across God's Frontiers, Anne M. Butler traces the ways in which sisters challenged and reconfigured contemporary ideas about women, work, religion, and the West; moreover, she demonstrates how religious life became a vehicle for increasing women's agency and power.
Moving to the West introduced significant changes...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:080783565X
ISBN13:9780807835654
Release Date:September 2012
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:448 Pages
Weight:1.75 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"
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