This book examines the involvement of women in charity work in nineteenth-century Ireland. The author claims that sectarianism dominated women's philanthropic activity, and analyzes the work of women in areas of moral reform, such as prostitution and prison work. The book concludes that the most progressive developments in the care of the poor were brought about by nonconformist women who were later to become pioneers in the cause of suffrage.
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"The book's attraction for students of history lies in its wide range of revealing sources, many of which are only beginning to be accessed by historians. The author has utilized the printed annual reports of diverse charitable organizations, their minute books and register reports, convent and diocesan archives, and the journals that nineteenth-century women read. A great deal of information is compressed into informative tables, and there is an excellent bibliography....In revealing to us the extent to which women shaped nineteenth-century society in Ireland, the author has produced a work of recovery, revealing the power of women to define their own social and political bases in Irish society." Journal of Interdisciplinary History
"An important contribution to the recent historical scholarship on women's roles in philanthropic work, Luddy's study is both comprehensive and engaging." Choice
"...Luddy draws a detailed picture of the layered Irish society, and of middle class women's response to the hardships encountered by their neighbours." Henriette Kelker, Religious Studies and Theology
"...insight into the middle-class women and men who devoted much to the marginalized people in thier developing social worlds." William F. Kelleher, Victorian Studies
"An important contribution to the recent historical scholarship on women's roles in philanthropic work, Luddy's study is both comprehensive and engaging." Choice
"...Luddy draws a detailed picture of the layered Irish society, and of middle class women's response to the hardships encountered by their neighbours." Henriette Kelker, Religious Studies and Theology
"...insight into the middle-class women and men who devoted much to the marginalized people in thier developing social worlds." William F. Kelleher, Victorian Studies
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Claiming that sectarianism dominated their philanthropic activity in 19th-century Ireland, this study's analysis of the work of women in moral reform concludes that most progressive developments were brought about by nonconformists, who later became pioneers in the cause of suffrage.
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The history of women in nineteenth-century Ireland is the history of millions of women of different classes, different opportunities and different expectations. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
religious run asylums, religious run homes, penitent asylums, lay asylums, females discharged, female peasantry, women philanthropists, philanthropic women, reformist societies, visiting associations, clothing society, philanthropic involvement, choir sisters, ragged schools, philanthropic organisations, city gaol, other philanthropists, judicial statistics, lay women, county gaol, female religious, destitute children, workhouse hospitals, philanthropic work, poor law guardians Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sisters of Charity, Cullen Papers, Contagious Diseases Acts, Sisters of Mercy, Mary Aikenhead, National Association, Bird's Nest, Cottage Home, Isabella Tod, Dun Laoghaire, Anti-Slavery Society, Dublin Female Penitentiary, Leeson Street, Margaret Aylward, Townsend Street, The Irish Monthly, Philanthropic Reform Association, Prison Other Unaccounted, Ulster Female Penitentiary, Archbishop Cullen, Friendly Society, Irish Homes, Murray Papers, Census of Ireland, Church of Ireland New!
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The history of women in nineteenth-century Ireland is the history of millions of women of different classes, different opportunities and different expectations. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
religious run asylums, religious run homes, penitent asylums, lay asylums, females discharged, female peasantry, women philanthropists, philanthropic women, reformist societies, visiting associations, clothing society, philanthropic involvement, choir sisters, ragged schools, philanthropic organisations, city gaol, other philanthropists, judicial statistics, lay women, county gaol, female religious, destitute children, workhouse hospitals, philanthropic work, poor law guardians Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sisters of Charity, Cullen Papers, Contagious Diseases Acts, Sisters of Mercy, Mary Aikenhead, National Association, Bird's Nest, Cottage Home, Isabella Tod, Dun Laoghaire, Anti-Slavery Society, Dublin Female Penitentiary, Leeson Street, Margaret Aylward, Townsend Street, The Irish Monthly, Philanthropic Reform Association, Prison Other Unaccounted, Ulster Female Penitentiary, Archbishop Cullen, Friendly Society, Irish Homes, Murray Papers, Census of Ireland, Church of Ireland New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Lost Children: History of the Charity Child in Ireland, 1700-1900 by Joseph Robins on 8 pages
- Waifs and Strays: Twelve Stories by O. Henry on 4 pages
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- Historical Geography by Brian Graham on page 11, page 12, and Back Matter
- Nuns in 19th Century Ireland by Caitiona Clear on page 23, and Back Matter
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- The Feminization of Famine: Expressions of the Inexpressible? by Margaret Kelleher on 4 pages
- Medicine, Disease and the State in Ireland 1650-1940 by Greta Jones in Front Matter, and page 116
- Studying British Cultures: An Introduction (New Accents) by Susan Bassnett on page 133, and Back Matter
- Irish Women's History Reader (Routledge Readers in History) by Alan Hayes on page 36, and page 199
- Studying British Cultures: An Introduction (New Accents) by Susan Bassnett on page 133, and Back Matter
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