How Nuns Shaped Catholic Culture and American Life, 1836-1920
by
Carol K. Coburn, Martha Smith
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2005
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 mainstream of American religious and women's history...