To Bind Up the Wounds
Author | : Mary Denis Maher |
Publisher | : LSU Press |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1999-11-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0807124397 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780807124390 |
Rating | : 4/5 (390 Downloads) |
Download or read book To Bind Up the Wounds written by Mary Denis Maher and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1999-11-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.