The Forgotten Contribution of the Teaching Sisters: A Historiographical Essay on the Educational Work of Catholic Women Religious in the 19th and 20th

by Marc Depaepe, Frank Simon, Bart Hellinckx

For far too long, Catholic teaching sisters have been overlooked in the history of education. During the past twenty-five years, however, researchers have begun to explore the fundamental role played by these women in teaching children in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This essay provides the first detailed overview of the historiography of the teaching sisters in Western Europe, North America, Latin America, and Australasia, surveying...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9058677656
• ISBN13: 9789058677655
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Leuven University Press
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher