{"product_id":"sisters-catholic-nuns-and-the-making-of-america-paperback-1","title":"Sisters: Catholic Nuns and the Making of America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn J. Fialka\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1800s, nuns moved west with the frontier, building hospitals and schools in immigrant communities. They provided aid during the Chicago fire, cared for orphans and prostitutes during the California Gold Rush, and brought professional nursing skills to field hospitals on both sides of the Civil War. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the 1900s, nuns built the nation's largest private school and hospital systems, and brought the Catholic Church into the Civil Rights movement. As their numbers began to decline in the 1970s, many sisters were forced to take professional jobs as lawyers, probation workers, and hospital executives because their salaries were needed to support older nuns, many of whom lacked a pension system. Currently there are about 65,000 sisters in America, down from 204,000 in 1968. Their median age is sixty-nine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNuns became the nation's first cadre of independent, professional women. Some nursed, some taught, and many created and managed new charitable organizations, including large hospitals and colleges. Sweeping in its scope and insight, Sisters reveals the spiritual wealth that these women invested in America.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSisters\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSisters\u003c\/i\u003e's strength is Fialka's ability to put flesh and blood into the accounts of the lives and work of sisters and to show through these lives the immense contribution to American society.\u003cbr\u003e---\u003ci\u003eNational Catholic Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFialka tells [the nuns'] story passionately, analyzing their remarkable contributions to education, health care, social reform, and civil rights.\u003cbr\u003e---\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFialka is bent on recovering those thrilling days of yesteryear when flocks of sisters . . . pushed beyond the settled boundaries of nineteenth-century America to aid in the civilizing of a continent.\u003cbr\u003e---Kenneth L. Woodward, \u003ci\u003e The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a book as sweeping as its title, John J. Fialka lays out the major role of Catholic nuns in the building of our nation.\u003cbr\u003e---\u003ci\u003eProvidence Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e[\u003ci\u003eSisters \u003c\/i\u003eis a] well sourced and often sparkling narrative about legions of spirited and spiritual Catholic sisters.\u003cbr\u003e---\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn J. Fialka\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a reporter with the Wall Street Journal's Washington bureau. He lives in McLean Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.96 x 8.49 x 5.49 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 19, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sisters: Catholic Nuns and the Making of America\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 23\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42566737494112,"sku":"9780312325961","price":43.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/WE5aeUpiTGJ6eDh0NjE5d3EwQ1lPUT09.webp?v=1770598529","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/sisters-catholic-nuns-and-the-making-of-america-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}