Masterless Mistresses: The New Orleans Ursulines and the Development of a New World Society, 1727-1834
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During French colonial rule in Louisiana, nuns from the French Company of Saint Ursula came to New Orleans, where they educated women and girls of European, Indian, and African descent, enslaved and free, in literacy, numeracy, and the Catholic faith. Although religious women had gained acceptance and authority in seventeenth-century France, the New World was less welcoming. Emily Clark explores the transformations required of the Ursulines as their...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807858226
ISBN13:9780807858226
Release Date:April 2007
Publisher:Omohundro Institute and Unc Press
Length:304 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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