- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (x, 299 p.)
- Series Statement
- Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.
- Uniform Title
- Our sisters' keepers (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-288) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2004029736
- OCLC
- ssj0000216837
- Title
Our sisters' keepers [electronic resource] : 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.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Bergman, Jill, 1963-
Bernardi, Debra, 1954-