To Bind Up the Wounds: Catholic Sister Nurses in the U.S. Civil War

by Maher, Mary Denis
ISBN: 9780807124390
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Overview

The contributions of more than six hundred Catholic nuns to the care of Confederate and Union sick and wounded made a critical impact upon nineteenth-century America. Not only did thousands of soldiers directly benefit from the religious sisters' ministrations, but both professional nursing and Catholics' acceptance within mainstream society advanced significantly as a result. In To Bind Up the Wounds, Sister Mary Denis Maher writes this heretofore neglected Civil War chapter in rich detail, telling a riveting story shot with suspicion and prejudice, suffering and self-sacrifice, ingenuity, beneficence, and gratitude.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Maher, Mary Denis
  • ISBN: 9780807124390
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.00 x 0.41
  • Number Of Pages: 192
  • Publication Year: 1999