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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tyler, Pamela
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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