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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.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Orphans and orphanages : a historical overview
  • The genesis of an idea
  • Humble beginnings and a generous benefactor
  • Years of growth
  • Crosses to bear : the impact of religious strife on the Poydras Asylum
  • Challenges to Poydras : the Union Army and Reconstruction
  • In sickness and in health : the operation of the Poydras Asylum in its first hundred years
  • Farewell to the old Poydras
  • And welcome to the new!
  • Afterword.