New Orleans Women and the Poydras Home : More Durable than Marble /

"A two-hundred-year-old institution, the Poydras Home--originally the Poydras Asylum--stands as an exemplar of woman-led charitable organizations. In a thorough and engaging narrative, Pamela Tyler offers the first complete history of this remarkable New Orleans establishment from its founding...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Tyler, Pamela
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Poydras Home (New Orleans, La.)
Poydras Home (New Orleans, La.) > History.
Women philanthropists.
Social conditions.
Retirement communities.
Orphanages.
Congregate housing.
Charities.
Medecine > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Medecine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Medecine > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Habitat collectif > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans > Histoire.
Villages-retraite > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans > Histoire.
Filles pauvres > Services > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans > Histoire.
Orphelinats > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans > Histoire.
Femmes philanthropes > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans > Histoire.
History, 21st Century
History, 20th Century
History, 19th Century
Women > history
Social Conditions > history
Orphanages > history
Housing for the Elderly > history
Assisted Living Facilities > history
Charities > history
Congregate housing > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
Retirement communities > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
Poor girls > Services for > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
Orphanages > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
Women philanthropists > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
Charities > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
Louisiana > New Orleans.
Louisiana
New Orleans (La.) > Social conditions.
History.
Electronic books.
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Descripción
Sumario:"A two-hundred-year-old institution, the Poydras Home--originally the Poydras Asylum--stands as an exemplar of woman-led charitable organizations. In a thorough and engaging narrative, Pamela Tyler offers the first complete history of this remarkable New Orleans establishment from its founding as an orphanage for young girls to its present-day operation as a retirement community and assisted-living facility. Throughout, Tyler paints a vivid picture of the many women who faced down the challenges of war, disease, natural disaster, social unrest, and restrictive gender ideals to realize the mission of the Poydras Home. Drawing on previously unreleased archival material, Tyler documents how the institution's benefactor, Julien Poydras, used his immense wealth to support a haven for impoverished girls, and how the dedicated women of the Poydras board pursued that ambition through more than just residential services. Tyler reveals that the majority of the Poydras 'orphans' had one living parent, and it was dire poverty and a dearth of social services in New Orleans that drove single parents, usually mothers, to place their daughters in the asylum. Further research demonstrates that the Poydras went beyond simply providing a shelter for the children of distressed parents: volunteer managers worked to shape their charges' character through an emphasis on morals, education, and the fundamentals of housewifery"--Publisher's website.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:9780807163238

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