Highly respectable and accomplished ladies
Subtitle: Catholic women religious in America, 1790-1850
By: Barbara Misner.
Series: The Heritage of American Catholicism
Publisher: Garland
Published: 1988
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Monasticism and religious orders for women -- United States -- History -- 18th century; Monasticism and religious orders for women -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Nuns -- United States; United States -- Church history -- 18th century; United States -- Church history -- 19th century
Notes: Bibliography: p. 299-311.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Catholic University of America, 1981) under title: A comparative social study of the members and apostolates of the first eight permanent communities of women religious within the original boundaries of the United States, 1790-1850.