TY - GEN N2 - ""For generations of American Catholics, the face of their church was, quite literally, a woman's face. McGuinness recovers the compelling story of these sisters and puts them back at the center of American Catholic history.""--James M. O'Toole, Boston College ""McGuinness writes with the authority of a scholar and the ease of a storyteller. Her portrait of the women who have for so long represented the face of the American Catholic church will be useful to readers who wish to learn about the often hidden and far-ranging contributions vowed women have made to church and nation."" -Kathleen S. AB - ""For generations of American Catholics, the face of their church was, quite literally, a woman's face. McGuinness recovers the compelling story of these sisters and puts them back at the center of American Catholic history.""--James M. O'Toole, Boston College ""McGuinness writes with the authority of a scholar and the ease of a storyteller. Her portrait of the women who have for so long represented the face of the American Catholic church will be useful to readers who wish to learn about the often hidden and far-ranging contributions vowed women have made to church and nation."" -Kathleen S. T1 - Called to servea history of nuns in America / DA - 2013. CY - New York : AU - McGuinness, Margaret M. CN - ProQuest Ebook Central CN - BX4220.U6 PB - New York University Press, PP - New York : PY - 2013. ID - 456279 KW - Nuns KW - Monasticism and religious orders for women KW - Monastic and religious life of women SN - 9780814724729 TI - Called to servea history of nuns in America / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1126726 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1126726 ER -