Unlikely Entrepreneurs Catholic Sisters and the Hospital Marketplace, 1865-1925 / Barbra Mann Wall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wall, Barbra Mann.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hospitals, Religious--economics--United States.

Hospitals, Religious.

History, 20th Century--United States.

History, 20th Century.

History, 19th Century--United States.

History, 19th Century.

Catholic Church--United States.

Catholic Church.

Hospitals, Religious--history--United States.

Pastoral medicine--Catholic Church--History--20th century.

Pastoral medicine.

Pastoral medicine--Catholic Church--History--19th century.

Monasticism and religious orders for women--United States--History--20th century.

Monasticism and religious orders for women.

Monasticism and religious orders for women--United States--History--19th century.

Catholic hospitals--United States--Administration--History--20th century.

Catholic hospitals.

Catholic hospitals--United States--Administration--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 267 p. :) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2005.

Contents:

Catholic sisters in the hospital marketplace: the genesis

"All the advantages of a religious life": religion, gender, and new public roles

"Not the traditional institution": Catholic sisters in the hospital marketplace, 1854-1880

"An institution for the community and not narrowly sectarian": Catholic hospitals, 1880-1925

"Debts are our only wealth": financing and marketing Catholic hospitals

Religion, gender, and autonomy in Catholic hospitals

"Our heels are praying very hard all day": nursing in Catholic hospitals

Power sharing: business negotiations in Catholic hospitals

Addressing the times: nuns and the standardization movement.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8142-7294-0

OCLC:

899262139