Pioneer spirit : Catherine Spalding, Sister of Charity of Nazareth / Mary Ellen Doyle.

By:

Doyle, Mary Ellen, 1932-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2006.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 286 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map, portraitsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0813171318
9780813171319
9780813150147
0813150140

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Pioneer spirit.DDC classification:

271/.9102 B 22

LOC classification:

BX4456.Z8 D69 2006eb

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

Introduction: daughter of the Spaldings, 1658-1797 -- Kentucky girl, 1798-1812 -- Pioneer at St. Thomas, 1812-1822 -- Leader to new frontiers, 1822-1824 -- Educator and mother, 1824-1831 -- Pioneer in Louisville, 1831-1838 -- Mother and administrator, 1838-1841 -- Community life-giver, 1841-1844 -- Louisville's "Mother Catherine", 1844-1850 -- Builder for a future, 1850-1856 -- Final harvest, global legacy, 1856-1858 and beyond.

Summary: Mother Catherine Spalding (1793--1858) was the cofounder and first leader of one of the most significant American religious communities for women -- the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. Spalding also founded several educational institutions, Louisville's first private hospital, and the first social service agencies for children in Kentucky. In 2003, the Louisville Courier-Journal selected Spalding as the sole woman among the sixteen most important persons in Louisville's history. Pioneer Spirit is the first biography of Spalding, who, from the age of nineteen, served the citizens of the Kentuck.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-277) and index.

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Mother Catherine Spalding (1793--1858) was the cofounder and first leader of one of the most significant American religious communities for women -- the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. Spalding also founded several educational institutions, Louisville's first private hospital, and the first social service agencies for children in Kentucky. In 2003, the Louisville Courier-Journal selected Spalding as the sole woman among the sixteen most important persons in Louisville's history. Pioneer Spirit is the first biography of Spalding, who, from the age of nineteen, served the citizens of the Kentuck.

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