Highly Respectable and Accomplished Ladies: Catholic Women Religious in America, 1790-1850
Originally published in 1988. This study examines women religious in the American community in the first half of the nineteenth century. The primary aim of this research was to determine who the women were who entered eight religious communities, and whether there was any clear relationship between who they were and their choice of community. This title will be of interest to students of history and religious studies.

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Highly Respectable and Accomplished Ladies: Catholic Women Religious in America, 1790-1850
Originally published in 1988. This study examines women religious in the American community in the first half of the nineteenth century. The primary aim of this research was to determine who the women were who entered eight religious communities, and whether there was any clear relationship between who they were and their choice of community. This title will be of interest to students of history and religious studies.

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Highly Respectable and Accomplished Ladies: Catholic Women Religious in America, 1790-1850

Highly Respectable and Accomplished Ladies: Catholic Women Religious in America, 1790-1850

by Barbara Misner
Highly Respectable and Accomplished Ladies: Catholic Women Religious in America, 1790-1850

Highly Respectable and Accomplished Ladies: Catholic Women Religious in America, 1790-1850

by Barbara Misner

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Originally published in 1988. This study examines women religious in the American community in the first half of the nineteenth century. The primary aim of this research was to determine who the women were who entered eight religious communities, and whether there was any clear relationship between who they were and their choice of community. This title will be of interest to students of history and religious studies.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781138118829
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 09/14/2017
Series: Routledge Library Editions: 19th Century Religion , #14
Pages: 330
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; 1. New Institutions for a New Nation 2. These New Sisterhoods – Catholic and American 3. Who Were These Interesting Individuals? 4. Education: 1799-1850 5 . "Charitable Exercises"; Conclusions; Appendices

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