Spirited Lives: How Nuns Shaped Catholic Culture and American Life, 1836-1920 by Martha Smith, Carol K. Coburn

Spirited Lives: How Nuns Shaped Catholic Culture and American Life, 1836-1920

Martha Smith, Carol K. Coburn

344 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction gender history religion informative medium-paced
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Made doubly marginal by their gender and by their religion, American nuns have rarely been granted serious scholarly attention. Instead, their lives and achievements have been obscured by myths or distorted by stereotypes. Placing nuns into the ma...

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