Across God's Frontiers: Catholic Sisters in the American West, 1850-1920

by Anne M. Butler

Book Overview

Roman Catholic sisters first traveled to the American West as providers of social services, education, and medical assistance. In Across God's Frontiers, Anne M. Butler traces the ways in which sisters challenged and reconfigured contemporary ideas about women, work, religion, and the West; moreover, she demonstrates how religious life became a vehicle for increasing women's agency and power.
Moving to the West introduced significant changes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080783565X
• ISBN13: 9780807835654
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"