Good Hearts: Catholic Sisters in Chicago's Past
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (686 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0252073010 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Suellen Hoy's Good Hearts describes and analyzes the activities andcontributions of Catholic nuns in Chicago. Beginning with the arrival ofwomen-religious in 1846 and ending with the sisters' social activism inthe 1960s, Good Hearts traces the development and evolution of thesisters' work and ministry that included education, health care, andsocial services. Catholic sisters lived on the edge, serving sick and poor immigrants as well as those racially andreligiously unlike themselves, such as the uneducated black migrantsfrom the South. Contrary to conventional portrayals of religious asreclusive and conservative,
About the Author About the Author: Suellen Hoy is a historian who lives in Dune Acres, Indiana. She is the co-author of From Dublin to New Orleans: The Journey of Nora and Alice. She is now doing research on Chicago's Irish.
She is now doing research on Chicago's Irish.. She is the co-author of From Dublin to New Orleans: The Journey of Nora and Alice. About the Author: Suellen Hoy is a historian who lives in Dune Acres, Indiana
Most historians tend to ignore or dismiss the work of nuns. Monica K. Van Ness In the book "Good Hearts: Catholic Sisters in Chicago's Past," Suellen Hoy takes a look at the kinds of work that nuns have been involved with over the years. She focuses on sisters/nuns in Chicago, but much of what she says could be said about so many other sisters and nuns across the United States. These women are presented as dynamic and powerful forces of change in society. They emphasized the importance of education, and showed how it could be used to move upwards in society, and could also help move equal. An introduction to the history of influential women in the Chicago's Catholic community Good Hearts: Catholic Sisters In Chicago's Past by Suellen Hoy (Guest Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame) is an introduction to the history of influential women in the Chicago's Catholic community. Ably compiling a concise biographically anthology as the basis for an in-depth study of meticulous scholarship, Good Hearts offers readers the wisdom of the nuns spanning a time period from the mid-1800's through the twentieth century, and with a particularly focus on the era surrounding the social