Nano Nagle: The Life and the Legacy

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Merrion Press, Oct 22, 2018 - Biography & Autobiography - 350 pages

The first biographical study of Nano Nagle, the foundress of he Presentation order of nuns, that positions her within Irish social history, and assesses her vast international legacy. Nano Nagle: The Life and the Education Legacy draws on archival materials from three continents, providing a compelling account of how one woman's extraordinary life challenged social constraints and championed social justice and equality.

Leading education historian, Deirdre Raftery, has produced not only a vital new biographical study of an exceptional Irish woman, but also a study of how thousands of Irish women joined the Presentation order of nuns and taught in their schools all over the world. Within that is the story of the Irish female diaspora in Newfoundland, India, North America, England, Australia, Africa and the Philippines.

Nano Nagle: The Life and the Education Legacy throws opens a new window on an unknown aspect of Irish social history, while also demonstrating Ireland's significant contribution to the global history of female education.

 

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Contents

Maps
Abbreviations
Her Life and Times
The Establishment of a Network of Irish Convents
The First Foundation Outside Ireland
Pupils and Pedagogy in the Nineteenth Century
Presentation Education Before and After the Great
The Presentation Sisters and Education in England
The Presentation Sisters and SecondLevel Education in Ireland 18001958
Expansion in Britain
The Global Reach of Presentation Education
Endnotes
Select Bibliography
Index
Copyright

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Nano Nagle: The Life and the Legacy
Deirdre Raftery,Catriona Delaney,Catherine Nowlan-Roebuck
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About the author (2018)

Deirdre Raftery is Professor of the history of education, at the School of Education, University College Dublin. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and has held visiting fellowships at several universities, including the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. A Fulbright Alumna, Deirdre has eleven book publications and has contributed to television and radio documentaries in Ireland and the UK. Her work on the history of women religious has won several awards (Irish Research Council; Ireland-Canada University Foundation; University of Notre Dame Hibernian Award).

Catriona Delaney is a graduate of the University of Limerick, where she completed her PhD at the Department of History. She is currently the Nano Nagle Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Education, University College Dublin. Catriona has written for scholarly journals including History of Education, Irish Educational Studies, and Irish Studies Review, and has presented at international conferences in Germany, Scotland and England.

Bibliographic information

TitleNano Nagle: The Life and the Legacy
AuthorsDeirdre Raftery, Catriona Delaney
PublisherMerrion Press, 2018
ISBN1788550595, 9781788550598
Length350 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / Religious
Education / General
  
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