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Susan Mumm
Stolen Daughters, Virgin Mothers [PDF ebook]
Anglican Sisterhoods in Victorian Britain

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A study of the social history and cultural significance of the sisterhoods that sprang up in Victorian Britain, examining the lives of women who pushed the boundaries of what women could do within the Anglican Church and paved the way for modern social workers. So successful were they in organizing and recruiting that they threatened to undermine the ideal of domestic life for women.

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Format PDF ● Pages 322 ● ISBN 9780567465955 ● Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing ● Published 2001 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2974217 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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