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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in American literary realism and naturalismPublication details: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2005.Description: x, 299 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 810.9/3556 22
LOC classification:
  • PS169.B54 O94 2005eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Stories of the poorhouse / Karen Tracey -- Representing the "deserving poor" / Lori Merish -- "Dedicated to works of beneficence" / Mary Templin -- Reforming women's reform literature / Whitney A. Womack -- "The right to be let alone" / Debra Bernardi -- Women's charity vs. scientific philanthropy in Sarah Orne Jewett / Monika Elbert -- "Oh the poor women!" / Jill Bergman -- Frances Harper's poverty relief mission in the African American community / Terry D. Novak -- "To reveal the humble immigrant parents to their own children" / Sarah E. Chinn -- Character's conduct / James Salazar.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-288) and index.

Stories of the poorhouse / Karen Tracey -- Representing the "deserving poor" / Lori Merish -- "Dedicated to works of beneficence" / Mary Templin -- Reforming women's reform literature / Whitney A. Womack -- "The right to be let alone" / Debra Bernardi -- Women's charity vs. scientific philanthropy in Sarah Orne Jewett / Monika Elbert -- "Oh the poor women!" / Jill Bergman -- Frances Harper's poverty relief mission in the African American community / Terry D. Novak -- "To reveal the humble immigrant parents to their own children" / Sarah E. Chinn -- Character's conduct / James Salazar.

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