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More than neighbors : Catholic settlements and day nurseries in Chicago, 1893-1930 / Deborah A. Skok.
Van Pelt Library HV4196.C4 S56 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Skok, Deborah A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church.
- Social settlements--Illinois--Chicago--History.
- Social settlements.
- Catholic Church--Charities--Case studies.
- Charities.
- History.
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, [2007]
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: A Hull House and a church : interpreting Catholic settlements
- Laywomen to the rescue : literature, charity, and the Catholic Woman's League
- Settlements and the state : CWL women in city government
- Sacred space and worldly authority : the Guardian Angel Mission
- Leisure culture and Boston marriage : the Madonna Center
- Aspiring politicians : the De Paul Settlement Club, 1910-1920
- Unexpected rescuers : day nursery mothers and nuns
- Professional rescuers : the future of Catholic settlements
- Conclusion: Catholic settlements : church and state
- Appendix: Catholic day nurseries, settlement houses, and churches doing settlement work, 1892-1930
- Abbreviations used in text and notes
- Notes
- Selected bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-233) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780875803746
- 0875803741
- OCLC:
- 82286652
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