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To bind up the wounds : Catholic sister nurses in the U.S. Civil War
Record details
- ISBN: 0807124397
- ISBN: 9780807124390
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Physical Description:
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x, 178 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm - Edition: Louisiana pbk. ed.
- Publisher: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1999.
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| General Note: | Originally published: New York : Greenwood Press, 1989. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-174) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Catholic sisters in mid-nineteenth century America -- 2. Backgrounds of Catholic nursing in the United States in the nineteenth century -- 3. Medical care and lay female nursing during the Civil War -- 4. Catholic sisters respond to requests for nursing in the Civil War -- 5. Catholic sister nurses in the Civil War -- 6. Contemporaneous attitudes about the Catholic sisters in the Civil War. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | E 621 .M34 1999 | 30775305505548 | General Collection | Available | - |
To Bind up the Wounds : Catholic Sister Nurses in the U. S. Civil War
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To Bind up the Wounds : Catholic Sister Nurses in the U. S. Civil War
The contributions of more than six hundred Catholic nuns to the care of Confederate and Union sick and wounded made a critical impact upon nineteenth-century America. Not only did thousands of soldiers directly benefit from the religious sisters' ministrations, but both professional nursing and Catholics' acceptance within mainstream society advanced significantly as a result. In To Bind Up the Wounds, Sister Mary Denis Maher writes this heretofore neglected Civil War chapter in rich detail, telling a riveting story shot with suspicion and prejudice, suffering and self-sacrifice, ingenuity, beneficence, and gratitude.
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