Our sisters' keepers : nineteenth-century benevolence literature by American women / edited by Jill Bergman and Debra Bernardi.

Our sisters' keepers : nineteenth-century benevolence literature by American women /

Essays on the roles played by women in forming American attitudes about benevolence and poverty relief. American culture has long had a conflicted relationship with assistance to the poor. Cotton Mather and John Winthrop were staunch proponents of Christian charity as fundamental to colonial America...

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Other Authors: Bergman, Jill, 1963-, Bernardi, Debra, 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2005.
Series:Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.
Subjects:
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Benevolence in literature.
Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century.
Women and literature > United States > History > 19th century.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Charity in literature.
Poverty in literature.
Poor in literature.
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