Compassionate Stranger: Asenath Nicholson and the Great Irish Famine
(Part of the Irish Studies, Syracuse University Press Series)
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The first biography of Asenath Nicholson, Compassionate Stranger recovers the largely forgotten history of an extraordinary woman. Trained as a school teacher, Nicholson was involved in the abolitionist, temperance, and diet reforms of the day before she left New York in 1844 "to personally investigate the condition of the Irish poor." She walked alone throughout nearly every county in Ireland and reported on conditions in rural Ireland...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0815610440
ISBN13:9780815610441
Release Date:January 2015
Publisher:Syracuse University Press
Length:400 Pages
Weight:1.50 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"
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