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Elizabeth Bayley Seton 1774-1821, Annabelle Melville, Ph.D., (1910-1991), Betty Ann Mcneil Dec 2008

Elizabeth Bayley Seton 1774-1821, Annabelle Melville, Ph.D., (1910-1991), Betty Ann Mcneil

Betty Ann McNeil, D.C.


First published in 1951, Elizabeth Bayley Seton, known for historical accuracy, remains the definitive Seton biography. All citations were updated and the work republished in 2009. Annotation in the 2009 edition reflects the structural arrangement of documents and pagination in Regina Bechtle, S.C., and Judith Metz, S.C., eds., Ellin M. Kelly, mss. ed., Elizabeth Bayley Seton Collected Writings, 3 vols.  (New City Press: New York, 2000-2006).


Memoir Of Sister Cecilia O'Conway: Sisters Of Charity Of St. Joseph's, Betty Ann Mcneil Dec 2008

Memoir Of Sister Cecilia O'Conway: Sisters Of Charity Of St. Joseph's, Betty Ann Mcneil

Betty Ann McNeil, D.C.


An annotated presentation of the original memoir by Cecilia Maria O'Conway, the first candidate for the American Sisters of Charity founded by Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821), near Emmitsburg, Maryland, July 31, 1809.


Enlightened Charity, Martha Libster, Betty Ann Mcneil, Dc Dec 2008

Enlightened Charity, Martha Libster, Betty Ann Mcneil, Dc

Betty Ann McNeil, D.C.

Enlightened Charity contextualizes the healing heritage of holistic nursing care within the context of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul who developed and practiced nursing principles throughout France in the seventeenth century under the leadership of Saint Louise de Marillac (1591-1660). The sisters moved from home health care in 1633 to managing the Hospital of Saint-Jean at Angers in 1639, and elsewhere. Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821) adopted the Vincentian spirit and mission for her Sisters of Charity, founded at Emmitsburg, MD, in 1809.  Notable among the sisterhood, Sister Matilda Coskery (1799-1870) distinguished herself in nursing, psychiatric …