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Habits of Compassion: Irish Catholic Nuns and the Origins of New York's Welfare System, 1830-1920 by Maureen Fitzgerald

Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History

Habits of Compassion: Irish Catholic Nuns and the Origins of New York's Welfare System, 1830-1920

Maureen Fitzgerald

298 pages paperback 2006

2 editions

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The Sisters' critical contributions to charitable care in AmericaHabits of Compassion is a study of Irish-Catholic Sisters' tremendously successful work in founding charitable organizations in New York City from the famine through the early 20th c...

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