Pioneer Spirit : Catherine Spalding, Sister of Charity of Nazareth / Mary Ellen Doyle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doyle, Mary Ellen, 1932-2019.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sisters of Charity of Nazareth (Nazareth, Ky.)--Biography.

Sisters of Charity of Nazareth (Nazareth, Ky.).

Spalding, Catherine, 1793-1858.

Spalding, Catherine.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (315 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mother Catherine Spalding (1793--1858) was the cofounder and first leader of one of the most significant American religious communities for women -- the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. Spalding also founded several educational institutions, Louisville's first private hospital, and the first social service agencies for children in Kentucky. In 2003, the Louisville Courier-Journal selected Spalding as the sole woman among the sixteen most important persons in Louisville's history. Pioneer Spirit is the first biography of Spalding, who, from the age of nineteen, served the citizens of the Kentuck

Contents:

Introduction: daughter of the Spaldings, 1658-1797

Kentucky girl, 1798-1812

Pioneer at St. Thomas, 1812-1822

Leader to new frontiers, 1822-1824

Educator and mother, 1824-1831

Pioneer in Louisville, 1831-1838

Mother and administrator, 1838-1841

Community life-giver, 1841-1844

Louisville's "Mother Catherine", 1844-1850

Builder for a future, 1850-1856

Final harvest, global legacy, 1856-1858 and beyond.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-277) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-9203-X

0-8131-5014-0

0-8131-7131-8

OCLC:

70262638