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Our sisters' keepers : nineteenth-century benevolence literature by American women

Title
Our sisters' keepers : nineteenth-century benevolence literature by American women / edited by Jill Bergman and Debra Bernardi.
Publication
Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2005.

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  • Bergman, Jill, 1963-
  • Bernardi, Debra, 1954-
Description
x, 299 p.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-288) and index.
Contents
Stories of the poorhouse / Karen Tracey -- Representing the "deserving poor" / Lori Merish -- "Dedicated to works of beneficence" / Mary Templin -- Reforming women's reform literature / Whitney A. Womack -- "The right to be let alone" / Debra Bernardi -- Women's charity vs. scientific philanthropy in Sarah Orne Jewett / Monika Elbert -- "Oh the poor women!" / Jill Bergman -- Frances Harper's poverty relief mission in the African American community / Terry D. Novak -- "To reveal the humble immigrant parents to their own children" / Sarah E. Chinn -- Character's conduct / James Salazar.
Call Number
JFE 06-990
ISBN
  • 0817314679 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0817351930 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2004029736
OCLC
57414588
Title
Our sisters' keepers : nineteenth-century benevolence literature by American women / edited by Jill Bergman and Debra Bernardi.
Imprint
Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2005.
Series
Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-288) and index.
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Bergman, Jill, 1963-
Bernardi, Debra, 1954-
Research Call Number
JFE 06-990
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