Overview
- Presents a novel study of nineteenth century Irish nuns who were involved in education around the globe
- Draws on the largest sample of congregational archives of women religious ever explored
- Utilises evidence from previously unexamined archival collections
Part of the book series: Global Histories of Education (GHE)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book charts the history of how Irish-born nuns became involved in education in the Anglophone world. It presents a heretofore undocumented study of how these women left Ireland to establish convent schools and colleges for women around the globe. It challenges the dominant narrative that suggests that Irish teaching Sisters, also commonly called nuns, were part of the colonial project, and shows how they developed their own powerful transnational networks. Though they played a role in the education of the ‘daughters of the Empire’, they retained strong bonds with Ireland, reproducing their own Irish education in many parts of the Anglophone world.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Deirdre Raftery is Professor at University College Dublin, Ireland. Her research interests focus on the history of women and girls in the long nineteenth century, and the history of convent schools and convent education.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Irish Nuns and Education in the Anglophone World
Book Subtitle: A Transnational History
Authors: Deirdre Raftery
Series Title: Global Histories of Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46201-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-46200-9Published: 09 January 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-46203-0Due: 09 February 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-46201-6Published: 08 January 2024
Series ISSN: 2731-6408
Series E-ISSN: 2731-6416
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 221
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Education, History of Britain and Ireland, Religion and Society, Religion and Education, Social History, Schools and Schooling