Vincentian Digital Books
Alternative Title
Daughters of Charity: Women, Religious Mission, and Hospital Care in Los Angeles, 1856-1927
Editors
Nathaniel Michaud
Files
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Description
A captivating story, culled from extensive historical research, documents how ingenuity, determination, and faith enabled mission-driven Daughters of Charity to establish, develop, and provide healthcare in Los Angeles. This work contains multiple examples of their flexibility to overcome barriers of culture, religion, language, and scarce resources in the context of frontier politics but without comprise of their faith-based mission of service to persons in need.
Publication Date
2013
Publisher
Vincentian Studies Institute
City
Chicago
Keywords
Daughters of Charity, Healthcare, Mission, Vincentian Family History, Women’s History, California
Country of Publication
United States
Language
English
Subject Headings
Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, United States, California
Recommended Citation
Gunnell, Kristine Ashton, "Daughters of Charity: Women, Religious Mission, and Hospital Care in Los Angeles, 1856-1927" (2013). Vincentian Digital Books. 45.
https://via.library.depaul.edu/vincentian_ebooks/45