02489nam a2200445 a 4500 ebr10309019 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 041222s2005 alu sb s001 0 eng 2004029736 0817314679 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0817351930 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)424522015 n-us--- PS169.B54 O94 2005eb 810.9/3556 22 Our sisters' keepers [electronic resource] : nineteenth-century benevolence literature by American women / edited by Jill Bergman and Debra Bernardi. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2005. x, 299 p. Studies in American literary realism and naturalism Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-288) and index. Stories of the poorhouse / Karen Tracey -- Representing the "deserving poor" / Lori Merish -- "Dedicated to works of beneficence" / Mary Templin -- Reforming women's reform literature / Whitney A. Womack -- "The right to be let alone" / Debra Bernardi -- Women's charity vs. scientific philanthropy in Sarah Orne Jewett / Monika Elbert -- "Oh the poor women!" / Jill Bergman -- Frances Harper's poverty relief mission in the African American community / Terry D. Novak -- "To reveal the humble immigrant parents to their own children" / Sarah E. Chinn -- Character's conduct / James Salazar. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. American literature 19th century History and criticism. Benevolence in literature. Literature and society United States History 19th century. Women and literature United States History 19th century. American literature Women authors History and criticism. Charity in literature. Poverty in literature. Poor in literature. Electronic books. local Bergman, Jill, 1963- Bernardi, Debra, 1954- ebrary, Inc. Studies in American literary realism and naturalism. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10309019 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 175414 175414