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

SeriesStudies in American literary realism and naturalism.
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [283]-288) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2004029736
ISBN0817314679 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0817351930 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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