Author: June Cooper
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1847799868
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The Protestant Orphan Society, founded in Dublin in 1828, managed a carefully-regulated boarding-out and apprenticeship scheme. This book examines its origins, its forward-thinking policies, and particularly its investment in children’s health, the part women played in the charity, opposition to its work and the development of local Protestant Orphan Societies. It argues that by the 1860s the parent body in Dublin had become one of the most well-respected nineteenth-century Protestant charities and an authority in the field of boarding out. The author uses individual case histories to explore the ways in which the charity shaped the orphans’ lives and assisted widows, including the sister of Sean O’Casey, the renowned playwright, and identifies the prominent figures who supported its work such as Douglas Hyde, the first President of Ireland. This book makes valuable contributions to the history of child welfare, foster care, the family and the study of Irish Protestantism.
The Protestant Orphan Society and its social significance in Ireland 1828–1940
Author: June Cooper
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1847799868
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The Protestant Orphan Society, founded in Dublin in 1828, managed a carefully-regulated boarding-out and apprenticeship scheme. This book examines its origins, its forward-thinking policies, and particularly its investment in children’s health, the part women played in the charity, opposition to its work and the development of local Protestant Orphan Societies. It argues that by the 1860s the parent body in Dublin had become one of the most well-respected nineteenth-century Protestant charities and an authority in the field of boarding out. The author uses individual case histories to explore the ways in which the charity shaped the orphans’ lives and assisted widows, including the sister of Sean O’Casey, the renowned playwright, and identifies the prominent figures who supported its work such as Douglas Hyde, the first President of Ireland. This book makes valuable contributions to the history of child welfare, foster care, the family and the study of Irish Protestantism.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1847799868
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The Protestant Orphan Society, founded in Dublin in 1828, managed a carefully-regulated boarding-out and apprenticeship scheme. This book examines its origins, its forward-thinking policies, and particularly its investment in children’s health, the part women played in the charity, opposition to its work and the development of local Protestant Orphan Societies. It argues that by the 1860s the parent body in Dublin had become one of the most well-respected nineteenth-century Protestant charities and an authority in the field of boarding out. The author uses individual case histories to explore the ways in which the charity shaped the orphans’ lives and assisted widows, including the sister of Sean O’Casey, the renowned playwright, and identifies the prominent figures who supported its work such as Douglas Hyde, the first President of Ireland. This book makes valuable contributions to the history of child welfare, foster care, the family and the study of Irish Protestantism.
Charitable Words
Author: Margaret Preston
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313057451
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Mismanaged by local authority, in the 19th-century, Dublin lacked sufficient industrial development to provide adequate employment. Dublin's charitable workers attempted to improve the lives of the thousands who flocked to the city in search of relief. As a means to examining the hidden incentives of charity, the author offers a discussion of the language of charity in this setting. She notes how contemporary notions of race, class, and religion influenced how Ireland's philanthropists thought of and related to the poor. While much has been written on the perceived racial inferiority of the Celt as compared to the Anglo-Saxon, Preston suggests that the Irish upper classes, in seeking to gain equal footing with the British elite, adopted the same language to describe the poor. Intense sectarian strife marred Irish charities and undermined the smooth operation of social services. Preston offers insight by focusing on two women philanthropists who battled for the souls of Ireland's children. She also explores those who remained above the fray, such as the Religious Society of Friends in Ireland, who offered aid to all regardless of creed. Within the charitable records of this group, Preston contends that one can see how the Society changed over time and that, in Ireland, the industrial revolution as well as the 1798 Rebellion, contributed to the Society adapting to the mainstream. Finally, the women of charity helped to establish a modern nursing system for Ireland, and this work details their efforts at turning nursing into a respectable profession for women.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313057451
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Mismanaged by local authority, in the 19th-century, Dublin lacked sufficient industrial development to provide adequate employment. Dublin's charitable workers attempted to improve the lives of the thousands who flocked to the city in search of relief. As a means to examining the hidden incentives of charity, the author offers a discussion of the language of charity in this setting. She notes how contemporary notions of race, class, and religion influenced how Ireland's philanthropists thought of and related to the poor. While much has been written on the perceived racial inferiority of the Celt as compared to the Anglo-Saxon, Preston suggests that the Irish upper classes, in seeking to gain equal footing with the British elite, adopted the same language to describe the poor. Intense sectarian strife marred Irish charities and undermined the smooth operation of social services. Preston offers insight by focusing on two women philanthropists who battled for the souls of Ireland's children. She also explores those who remained above the fray, such as the Religious Society of Friends in Ireland, who offered aid to all regardless of creed. Within the charitable records of this group, Preston contends that one can see how the Society changed over time and that, in Ireland, the industrial revolution as well as the 1798 Rebellion, contributed to the Society adapting to the mainstream. Finally, the women of charity helped to establish a modern nursing system for Ireland, and this work details their efforts at turning nursing into a respectable profession for women.
Votes & Proceedings
Author: New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New South Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 1144
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New South Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 1144
Book Description
Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction, at the ... Annual Session Held in ...
Author: National Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.). Annual Session
Publisher:
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Category : Charities
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charities
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Main part
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Medical Record
Author: George Frederick Shrady
Publisher:
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Annual Report of the Commissioner of Education
Author: United States. Office of Education
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1222
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1222
Book Description
Annual Report of the President and Directors of the Corn and Flour Exchange of the City of Baltimore ...
Author: Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Baltimore
Publisher:
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Category : Baltimore (Md.)
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baltimore (Md.)
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Finding List of the Apprentices' Library Established and Maintained by the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York
Author: General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York. Apprentices' Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Subject
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Subject
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description