The Resource Our sisters' keepers : nineteenth-century benevolence literature by American women, edited by Jill Bergman and Debra Bernardi
Our sisters' keepers : nineteenth-century benevolence literature by American women, edited by Jill Bergman and Debra Bernardi
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- Summary
- Essays on the roles played by women in forming American attitudes about benevolence and poverty relief. American culture has long had a conflicted relationship with assistance to the poor. Cotton Mather and John Winthrop were staunch proponents of Christian charity as fundamental to colonial American society, while transcendentalists harbored deep skepticism towards benevolence in favor of Emersonian self-reliance and Thoreau?s insistence on an ascetic life. Women in the 19th century, as these essays show, approached issues of benevolence far differently than their male counterparts, consistent
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 299 pages)
- Contents
-
- "The right to be let alone" : Mary Wilkins Freeman and the right to a "private share"
- Debra Bernardi
- Women's charity vs. scientific philanthropy in Sarah Orne Jewett
- Monika Elbert
- "Oh the poor women!" : Elizabeth Stuart Phelps's motherly benevolence
- 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" : immigrant women, their American daughters, and the Hull-House Labor Museum
- Sarah E. Chinn
- Stories of the poorhouse
- Character's conduct : the democratic habits of Jane Addams's "charitable effort"
- James Salazar
- Karen Tracey
- Representing the "deserving poor" : the "sentimental seamstress" and the feminization of poverty in antebellum America
- Lori Merish
- "Dedicated to works of beneficence" : charity as a model for a domesticated economy in antebellum women's panic fiction
- Mary Templin
- Reforming women's reform literature : Rebecca Harding Davis's rewriting of the industrial novel
- Whitney A. Womack
- Isbn
- 9780817381660
- Label
- Our sisters' keepers : nineteenth-century benevolence literature by American women
- Title
- Our sisters' keepers
- Title remainder
- nineteenth-century benevolence literature by American women
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Jill Bergman and Debra Bernardi
- Subject
-
- Bienveillance dans la littérature
- 1800-1899
- American literature
- American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- American literature -- Women authors
- American literature -- Women authors | History and criticism
- Amerikaans
- Armoede
- Benevolence in literature
- Benevolence in literature
- Poverty in literature
- Poverty in literature
- United States
- Vrouwelijke auteurs
- Women and literature
- Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Écrits de femmes américains -- Histoire et critique
- Charity in literature
- Charity in literature
- Charité dans la littérature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- Femmes et littérature -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- History
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
- Letterkunde
- Liefdadigheid
- Literature and society
- Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Littérature américaine -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique
- Littérature et société -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Pauvres dans la littérature
- Pauvreté dans la littérature
- Poor in literature
- Poor in literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Essays on the roles played by women in forming American attitudes about benevolence and poverty relief. American culture has long had a conflicted relationship with assistance to the poor. Cotton Mather and John Winthrop were staunch proponents of Christian charity as fundamental to colonial American society, while transcendentalists harbored deep skepticism towards benevolence in favor of Emersonian self-reliance and Thoreau?s insistence on an ascetic life. Women in the 19th century, as these essays show, approached issues of benevolence far differently than their male counterparts, consistent
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- Dewey number
- 810.9/3556
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS169.B54
- LC item number
- O94 2005eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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- 1963-
- 1954-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Bergman, Jill
- Bernardi, Debra
- Series statement
- Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- American literature
- Benevolence in literature
- Literature and society
- Women and literature
- American literature
- Charity in literature
- Poverty in literature
- Poor in literature
- Littérature américaine
- Bienveillance dans la littérature
- Littérature et société
- Femmes et littérature
- Écrits de femmes américains
- Charité dans la littérature
- Pauvreté dans la littérature
- Pauvres dans la littérature
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- American literature
- American literature
- Benevolence in literature
- Charity in literature
- Literature and society
- Poor in literature
- Poverty in literature
- Women and literature
- United States
- Letterkunde
- Amerikaans
- Vrouwelijke auteurs
- Liefdadigheid
- Armoede
- Label
- Our sisters' keepers : nineteenth-century benevolence literature by American women, edited by Jill Bergman and Debra Bernardi
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-288) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- "The right to be let alone" : Mary Wilkins Freeman and the right to a "private share"
- Debra Bernardi
- Women's charity vs. scientific philanthropy in Sarah Orne Jewett
- Monika Elbert
- "Oh the poor women!" : Elizabeth Stuart Phelps's motherly benevolence
- 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" : immigrant women, their American daughters, and the Hull-House Labor Museum
- Sarah E. Chinn
- Stories of the poorhouse
- Character's conduct : the democratic habits of Jane Addams's "charitable effort"
- James Salazar
- Karen Tracey
- Representing the "deserving poor" : the "sentimental seamstress" and the feminization of poverty in antebellum America
- Lori Merish
- "Dedicated to works of beneficence" : charity as a model for a domesticated economy in antebellum women's panic fiction
- Mary Templin
- Reforming women's reform literature : Rebecca Harding Davis's rewriting of the industrial novel
- Whitney A. Womack
- Control code
- 424522015
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 299 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780817381660
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)424522015
- Label
- Our sisters' keepers : nineteenth-century benevolence literature by American women, edited by Jill Bergman and Debra Bernardi
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-288) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- "The right to be let alone" : Mary Wilkins Freeman and the right to a "private share"
- Debra Bernardi
- Women's charity vs. scientific philanthropy in Sarah Orne Jewett
- Monika Elbert
- "Oh the poor women!" : Elizabeth Stuart Phelps's motherly benevolence
- 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" : immigrant women, their American daughters, and the Hull-House Labor Museum
- Sarah E. Chinn
- Stories of the poorhouse
- Character's conduct : the democratic habits of Jane Addams's "charitable effort"
- James Salazar
- Karen Tracey
- Representing the "deserving poor" : the "sentimental seamstress" and the feminization of poverty in antebellum America
- Lori Merish
- "Dedicated to works of beneficence" : charity as a model for a domesticated economy in antebellum women's panic fiction
- Mary Templin
- Reforming women's reform literature : Rebecca Harding Davis's rewriting of the industrial novel
- Whitney A. Womack
- Control code
- 424522015
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 299 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780817381660
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)424522015
Subject
- Bienveillance dans la littérature
- 1800-1899
- American literature
- American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- American literature -- Women authors
- American literature -- Women authors | History and criticism
- Amerikaans
- Armoede
- Benevolence in literature
- Benevolence in literature
- Poverty in literature
- Poverty in literature
- United States
- Vrouwelijke auteurs
- Women and literature
- Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Écrits de femmes américains -- Histoire et critique
- Charity in literature
- Charity in literature
- Charité dans la littérature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- Femmes et littérature -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- History
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
- Letterkunde
- Liefdadigheid
- Literature and society
- Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Littérature américaine -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique
- Littérature et société -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Pauvres dans la littérature
- Pauvreté dans la littérature
- Poor in literature
- Poor in literature
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