| Series |
Oxford portraits
Oxford portraits. ^A886098
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| Contents |
A girl begins her lonely journey -- "The world is my home" -- A teacher and an author -- Beginning the great work -- "I shall be obliged to speak with great plainness" -- Moral treatment for prisoners -- A veto at home, a welcome in Europe -- A model of charity for the South -- The American Florence Nightingale -- More travel, more battles. |
| Abstract |
Traces the life and accomplishments of the nineteenth-century reformer who devoted her time to improving the treatment of the mentally ill and prisoners in the United States. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-123) and index. |
| LCCN | 2003017874 |
| ISBN | 0195129210 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780195129212 (alk. paper) |
