Teaching in Black and White : The Sisters of St. Joseph in the American South.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mattick, Barbara E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sisterhoods--Georgia--History.

Sisterhoods.

Sisterhoods--Florida--History.

Sisters of St. Joseph, St. Augustine, Florida--History.

Sisters of St. Joseph, St. Augustine, Florida.

Southern States--Social conditions.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D. C. : Catholic University of America Press, 2022.

Summary:

"Teaching in Black and White: The Sisters of St. Joseph in the American South discusses the work of the Sisters of St. Joseph of (the city of) St. Augustine, who came to Florida from France in 1866 to teach newly freed blacks after the Civil War, and remain to this day. It also tells the story of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Georgia, who sprang from the motherhouse in St. Augustine. A significant part of the book is a comparison of the Sisters of St. Josephs' work against that of their major rivals, missionaries from the Protestant American Missionary Association. Using letters the Sisters wrote back to their motherhouse in France, the book provides rare glimpses into the personal and professional lives of these women religious in St. Augustine and other parts of Florida and Georgia, from the mid-nineteenth century through the era of anti-Catholicism in the early twentieth century South. It carries the story through 1922, the end of the pioneer years of the Sisters of St. Josephs' work in Florida, and the end of Sisters of St. Joseph of Georgia's existence as a distinct order. Through the lenses of Catholicism, Florida and Southern history, gender, and race, the book addresses the Protestant concept of domesticity and how it was reinforced in Catholic terms by women who seemingly defied the ideal. It also relates the Sisters' contributions in shaping life in the South during Reconstruction as they established elite academies and free schools, created orphanages, ministered to all during severe yellow fever epidemics, and fought the specter of anti-Catholicism as it crept across the rural regions of the country"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Preparing the Way: The Sisters of Mercy

2. "Notre Chère Mission D'Amérique": The French Sisters of St. Joseph's Mission in Florida

3. The Competition for Black Souls and Minds: The Sisters of St. Joseph vs. The American Missionary Association and Other Protestants

4. Sisters Facing the Yellow Jack in 1877 and 1888

5. The End of the Nineteenth Century

6. The End of the French Mission to Florida

7. The Politics of Anti-Catholicism and Racism in Early Twentieth-Century Florida

8. The Sisters of St. Joseph Expand into Georgia

Conclusion

Appendix A

Appendix B

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Mattick, Barbara E. Teaching in Black and White

ISBN:

0-8132-3609-6

OCLC:

1350630697