The Irish-Catholic Sisters accomplished tremendously successful
work in founding charitable organizations in New York City from the
Irish famine through the early twentieth century. Maureen
Fitzgerald argues that their championing of the rights of the
poor—especially poor women—resulted in an explosion of
state-supported services and programs. Parting from
Protestant belief in meager and means-tested aid, Irish Catholic
nuns argued for an approach based on compassion for the poor.
Fitzgerald positions the nuns' activism as resistance to
Protestantism's cultural hegemony. As she shows, Roman Catholic
nuns offered strong and unequivocal moral leadership in condemning
those who punished the poor for their poverty and unmarried women
for sexual transgression. Fitzgerald also delves into the nuns' own
communities, from the class-based hierarchies within the convents
to the political power they wielded within the city. That power,
amplified by an alliance with the local Irish Catholic political
machine, allowed the women to expand public charities in the city
on an unprecedented scale.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Illinois Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History |
| Release date: |
2006 |
| First published: |
2006 |
| Authors: |
Maureen Fitzgerald
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
312 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-252-07282-6 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-252-07282-0 |
| Barcode: |
9780252072826 |
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