(031963) Lewis, Helen M, and Appleby, Monica. Mountain Sisters: From Convent To Community In Appalachia. Lexington, KY: Univ. Of Kentucky Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 299 pages. Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Illustrations. The Catholic order known as the Glenmary Sisters offered Appalachian women the opportunity to act as domestic missionaries, experience adventure, and escape the homefront social pressures of post- World War II America. This book chronicles the efforts of the Glenmary Sisters to overome the rules and restrictions of the Roman Catholic Church and work for social change within the struggling mountain communities ISBN: 0813122686 (Women, Church Work, Glenmary Sisters, Appalachian Region)
