Habits of Compassion: Irish Catholic Nuns and the Origins of New York's Welfare System, 1830-1920

by Maureen Fitzgerald and Maureen Fitzgerald

Book Overview

The Irish-Catholic Sisters accomplished tremendously successful work in founding charitable organizations in New York City from the Irish famine through the early twentieth century. Maureen Fitzgerald argues that their championing of the rights of the poor--especially poor women--resulted in an explosion of state-supported services and programs.

Parting from Protestant belief in meager and means-tested aid, Irish Catholic nuns argued for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252072820
• ISBN13: 9780252072826
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"