You have not been recognized as a subscriber to Indiana Magazine of History online. About 177 words from this article are provided below; about 486 words remain.
 		 
If you are a individual subscriber to Indiana Magazine of History, you may:
• login here if you have already registered for online access.
• Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.
• Set up your online account for the first time.

If you are not a subscriber to Indiana Magazine of History, you can:
• subscribe here.
• Purchase a research pass to gain two hour access to the entire History Cooperative web site. You will have full access to current issues of Indiana Magazine of History.

Instititutions can:
• Subscribe to this journal and receive print and electronic issues.
• Activate your existing subscription so that we recognize your IP number ranges.
Reviewed by Michael D. Jacobs | Book Review | The Indiana Magazine of History, 104.3 | The History Cooperative
104.3  
Journals link Search link Partners link Information link
September, 2008
Previous
Next
The Indiana Magazine of History

Table of Contents
List journal issues
Home
Get a printer-friendly version of this page
 

Reviews

More Than Neighbors
Catholic Settlement and Day Nurseries in Chicago, 1893–1930

By Deborah A. Skok
(DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2007. Pp. x, 241. Notes, bibliography, index. $38.00.)

Using her 2001 University of Chicago dissertation as a base, Deborah A. Skok brings together the methods and concerns of women's history, Catholic history, urban history, immigration history, parish history, and demography into a single meticulously researched and engaging work. 1
      The acknowledgements recognize the giants of Progressive Era women's history, especially Catholic women. Skok spent considerable time researching at Catholic institutions, usually a sign that the resources have been largely ignored by non-Catholic historians. Skok correctly calls work on Catholic settlement houses "largely invisible" (p. 3). Elucidating this otherwise marginalized history is clearly the purpose and value of this book. Catholic settlement houses did not follow the "classic pattern" by which such institutions evolved, the author notes, but emerged from three different sources—individual charity, organizational effort, or parish support. Skok organizes the book according to these approaches rather than adopting a less useful chronological consideration. . . .
There are about 486 more words in this article. Please log in (or, if you are not yet an authorized user, please go to the User Setup page) to gain full access rights. Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.