Our sisters' keepers : nineteenth-century benevolence literature by American women / / edited by Jill Bergman and Debra Bernardi.
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| Superior document: | Studies in American literary realism and naturalism |
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| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.
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| Physical Description: | x, 299 p. |
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Table of 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.