Escaped Nuns —— True Womanhood and the Campaign Against Convents in Antebellum America

----- 逃离修女：真正的女性和战前美国的修道院运动

ISBN: 9780190881009 出版年：2018 页码：233 Yacovazzi, Cassandra L Oxford University Press

On the eve of the Civil War, Awful Disclosures of the Hotel Dieu, a convent exposé by a fraudulent "escaped nun" Maria Monk, captivated readers. The book served as a centerpiece for a larger campaign against convents, marked by riots, propaganda, and nativist politics, and reflected deep concerns regarding women, religious life, and the fate of the Republic.