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Habits of compassion : Irish Catholic nuns and the origins of New York's welfare system, 1830-1920

Author: Maureen Fitzgerald
Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2006.
Series: Women in American history
Edition/Format: Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Maureen Fitzgerald
ISBN: 0252030346 9780252030345 0252072820 9780252072826
OCLC Number: 60455052
Description: x, 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Republican mothers and brides of Christ -- Good girls, bad girls, and the Great Hunger, 1845-70 -- Placing-out and Irish-Catholic cultural reproduction, 1848-64 -- Saving children from the child-savers, 1864-94 -- "The family" and "the institution" : the roads to the White House, 1890-1909 -- The immaculate conception of the welfare state, 1895-1920.
Series Title: Women in American history
Responsibility: Maureen Fitzgerald.
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