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Charitable words : women, philanthropy, and the language of charity in nineteenth-century Dublin
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Charitable words : women, philanthropy, and the language of charity in nineteenth-century Dublin

Author: Margaret H Preston
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2004.
Series: Contributions in women's studies, no. 202
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Margaret H Preston
ISBN: 027597930X 9780275979300
OCLC Number: 55511431
Description: xviii, 205 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction -- Setting the stage : Dublin and Ireland in the nineteenth century -- Race, class, and religion in the language of Dublin's charities -- Conversion amidst compassion : saving the souls of the poor -- An inner light : the charitable work of Dublin's Quakers -- The good nurse : women philanthropists and the creation of a career -- Conclusion.
Series Title: Contributions in women's studies, no. 202
Responsibility: Margaret H. Preston ; foreword by Maria Luddy.
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