To Bind Up the Wounds: Catholic Sister Nurses in the U.S. Civil War - Couverture souple

Maher, Mary Denis

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0807124397 ISBN 13 : 9780807124390

Editeur : Louisiana State University Press, 1999

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sister Mary Denis Maher, PhD, is a certified archivist and director of the archives for the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine, in Richfield, Ohio. A member of the Sisters of Charity, she is also professor emerita of English at Ursuline College.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Louisiana State University Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0807124397
• ISBN 13: 9780807124390
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible