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- Title
The Daughters of Charity as Cultural Intermediaries: Women, Religion, and Race in Early Twentieth-Century Los Angeles.
- Authors
Ashton Gunnell, Kristine
- Abstract
The article discusses the cultural role of the Daughters of Charity Roman Catholic religious order in Los Angeles, California in the early 20th-century. Topics include the relation of the nuns to efforts to Americanize immigrants from Mexico, their work with Japanese immigrants in Los Angeles, and their work as teachers of English to immigrant children.
- Subjects
LOS Angeles (Calif.); UNITED States; DAUGHTERS of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul; NUNS; MEXICANS; JAPANESE people; SERVICES for immigrants; AMERICANIZATION movement; TWENTIETH century; HISTORY; RACE relations
- Publication
U.S. Catholic Historian, 2013, Vol 31, Issue 2, p51
- ISSN
0735-8318
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/cht.2013.0013