Relations of rescue
Subtitle: the search for female moral authority in the American west, 1874-1939
By: Peggy Pascoe.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
Subjects: Abused women -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.; Women volunteers in social service -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.; Women's shelters -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.; Church work with abused women -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.; Women social reformers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.; Christian ethics -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.; West (U.S.) -- Moral conditions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-291).