Catholic women's colleges in America / edited by Tracy Schier and Cynthia Russett.
| Other author | Schier, Tracy. |
| Other author | Russett, Cynthia Eagle. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. |
| Description | vi, 439 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Faith, knowledge, and gender / Jill Ker Conway -- Colleges of religious women's congregations : the spiritual heritage / Monika K. Hellwig -- American Catholic colleges for women : historical origins / Kathleen A. Mahoney -- Colleges in context / Thomas M. Landy -- Faculties and what they taught / Karen Kennelly -- Philadelphia story : life at Immaculata, Rosemont, and Chestnut Hill / David R. Contosta -- Sisterhoods and Catholic higher education, 1890-1960 / Mary J. Oates -- Live minds, yearning spirits : the alumnae of colleges and universities founded by women religious / Jane C. Redmont -- Making it : stories of persistence and success / Dorothy M. Brown and Carol Hurd Green -- Way we are : the present relationship of religious congregations of women to the colleges they founded / Melanie M. Morey -- Conclusion, Into the future / Jeanne Knoerle and Tracy Schier. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2001001522 |
| ISBN | 080186805X (hc : alk. paper) |