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

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Bergman, Jill, 1963-, Bernardi, Debra, 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2005.
Series:Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.
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Table of 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.