Their benevolent design : conservative women and Protestant child charities in Montreal / Janice Harvey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harvey, Janice (Researcher), author.

Contributor:

Walter de Gruyter & Co.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Studies on the history of Quebec ; 44.

Études d'histoire du Québec / Studies on the History of Quebec ; 44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in charitable work--Québec (Province)--Montréal--History.

Women in charitable work.

Protestants--Québec (Province)--Montréal--History.

Protestants.

Charities--Québec (Province)--Montréal--History.

Charities.

Poor children--Services for--Québec (Province)--Montréal--History.

Poor children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2024.

Contents:

A Poor Relief Network for Montreal's Protestant Poor

"Endeavours to Do Good": The Protestant Orphan Asylum and the Ladies' Benevolent Society

Charity Management and Work

Admissions: The Children and Their Families

In the Institutional Home

Returning Home and Other Placement Policies

"Women's Social Sphere".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Harvey, Janice (Researcher) Their benevolent design.

ISBN:

9780228020295

0228020298

9780228020288

022802028X

Publisher Number:

40032284468

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.