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American Catholic Lay Groups and Transatlantic Social Reform in the Progressive Era

by Deirdre M. Maloney

  • Paperback
  • 288 pages
  • Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
  • 16.9 x 22.6 x 1.8 cm

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Tracing the development of social reform movements among American Catholics from 1880 to 1925, Deirdre Moloney reveals how Catholic gender ideologies, emerging middle-class values, and ethnic identities shaped the goals and activities of lay activists. Rather than simply appropriate American reform models, ethnic Catholics (particularly Irish and German Catholics) drew extensively on European traditions as they worked to establish settlement houses, promote temperance, and aid immigrants and the poor. Catholics also differed significantly from their Protestant counterparts in defining which reform efforts were appropriate for women. For example, while women played a major role in the Protestant temperance movement beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, Catholic temperance remained primarily a male movement in America. Gradually, however, women began to carve out a significant role in Catholic charitable and reform efforts. The first work to highlight the wide-ranging contributions of the Catholic laity to Progressive-era reform, the book shows how lay groups competed with Protestant reformers and at times even challenged members of the Catholic hierarchy.It also explores the tension that existed between the desire to demonstrate the compatibility of Catholicism with American values and the wish to preserve the distinctiveness of Catholic life.
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  • Author

    Deirdre M. Maloney

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    The University of North Carolina Press

  • Published

    March 2002

  • Weight

    414g

  • Page Count

    288

  • Dimensions

    16.9 x 22.6 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780807849866

  • ISBN-10

    0807849863

  • Eden Code

    1159810

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