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Charitable words : women, philanthropy, and the language of charity in nineteenth-century Dublin
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- Creator
- Margaret H. Preston ; foreword by Maria Luddy
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2004
- Physical Details
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- xviii, 205 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780275979300, 027597930X
- OCLC
- ocm55511431
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-199) and index.
- Introduction -- Setting the stage : Dublin and Ireland in the nineteenth century -- Race, class, and religion in the language of Dublin's charities -- Conversion amidst compassion : saving the souls of the poor -- An inner light : the charitable work of Dublin's Quakers -- The good nurse : women philanthropists and the creation of a career