Unlikely entrepreneurs : Catholic sisters and the hospital marketplace, 1865-1925 / Barbra Mann Wall.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wall, Barbra Mann
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Columbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2005.
Series:	Women, gender, and health.
Subjects:	1800-1999 Pastoral medicine > Catholic Church > History > 20th century. Pastoral medicine > Catholic Church > History > 19th century. Monasticism and religious orders for women > United States > History > 20th century. Monasticism and religious orders for women > United States > History > 19th century. Catholic hospitals > United States > Administration > History > 20th century. Catholic hospitals > United States > Administration > History > 19th century. RELIGION / General Catholic hospitals > Administration Monasticism and religious orders for women Pastoral medicine > Catholic Church United States History
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Table of Contents:

Catholic sisters in the hospital marketplace: the genesis
"All the advantages of a religious life": religion, gender, and new public roles
"Not the traditional institution": Catholic sisters in the hospital marketplace, 1854-1880
"An institution for the community and not narrowly sectarian": Catholic hospitals, 1880-1925
"Debts are our only wealth": financing and marketing Catholic hospitals
Religion, gender, and autonomy in Catholic hospitals
"Our heels are praying very hard all day": nursing in Catholic hospitals
Power sharing: business negotiations in Catholic hospitals
Addressing the times: nuns and the standardization movement.

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