New Women of the Old Faith: Gender and American Catholicism in the Progressive Era

by Kathleen Sprows Cummings

Book Overview

American Catholic women rarely surface as protagonists in histories of the United States. Offering a new perspective, Kathleen Sprows Cummings places Catholic women at the forefront of two defining developments of the Progressive Era: the emergence of the "New Woman" and Catholics' struggle to define their place in American culture. Cummings highlights four women: Chicago-based journalist Margaret Buchanan Sullivan; Sister Julia McGroarty, SND, founder...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807871524
• ISBN13: 9780807871522
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"