Bücher von Kathleen Sprows Cummings

What drove US Catholics in their arduous quest to win an American saint? The absence of American names in the canon of the saints had left many feeling spiritually unmoored. But while canonization may be fundamentally about holiness, it is never only about holiness, reveals Kathleen Sprows Cummings in this passionate chronicle of American sanctity.

Places Catholic women at the forefront of two defining developments of the Progressive Era: the emergence of the 'New Woman' and Catholics' struggle to define their place in American culture. This book explores how debates over Catholic identity were intertwined with the renegotiation of American gender roles.