Building Sisterhood: A Feminist History of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of MaryMembers of the order, founded in 1845 in Michigan, offer insight into a neglected part of feminist research as they deal with the same issues addressed by secular women, among them power, economic autonomy, friendship and spirituality, socialization, and professional commitment. They also discuss less general themes such as their relationship with sister communities and the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, and the life, duty and experience of the nuns. Paper edition (unseen), $24.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Context | 25 |
Dangerous Memory | 31 |
She Who Remained | 69 |
Not Two Exactly Alike | 95 |
The Context | 113 |
The Roughest Kind of Prose | 119 |
The Official IHM Stance on Friendship 18451960 | 153 |
The Context | 227 |
An Enterprise of Sisterhood | 233 |
Of LessThanHappy Memory | 255 |
The Context | 275 |
Preparing IHMS for the Educational Mission | 281 |
The Sacrament of a Life | 299 |
In Their Own Image | 321 |
Afterword | 355 |
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