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Charitable words : women, philanthropy, and the language of charity in nineteenth-century Dublin /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Preston, Margaret H. (Margaret Helen)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2004.
Series:Contributions in women's studies ; no. 202.
Subjects:
Women in charitable work > Ireland > Dublin > History > 19th century.
Women philanthropists > Ireland > Dublin > History > 19th century.
Charities > Ireland > Dublin > History > 19th century.
Dublin (Ireland) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Setting the stage : Dublin and Ireland in the nineteenth century
  • Race, class, and religion in the language of Dublin's charities
  • Conversion amidst compassion : saving the souls of the poor
  • An inner light : the charitable work of Dublin's Quakers
  • The good nurse : women philanthropists and the creation of a career.