Most fortunate unfortunates : the Jewish Orphans' Home of New Orleans
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Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2023].
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LC Subjects
Children -- Institutional care -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Home for Jewish Widows and Orphans (New Orleans, La.) -- History.
Isidore Newman School -- History.
Jewish orphanages -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.
Jewish orphanages -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 20th century.
Home for Jewish Widows and Orphans (New Orleans, La.) -- History.
Isidore Newman School -- History.
Jewish orphanages -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.
Jewish orphanages -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 20th century.
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Published
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2023].
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Book
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xiii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-323) and index.
Description
"Marlene Trestman's Most Fortunate Unfortunates is the first comprehensive history of the Jewish Orphans' Home of New Orleans. Founded in 1855 in the aftermath of a yellow fever epidemic, the home was the first purpose-built Jewish orphanage in the nation. It reflected the city's affinity for religiously operated orphanages and the growing prosperity of its Jewish community. In 1904, the orphanage founded the Isidore Newman School, a coed, non-sectarian school that was also open to children, regardless of religion, whose parents paid tuition. By the time the Jewish Orphans' Home closed in 1946, it had sheltered over sixteen hundred parentless children and two dozen widows from the Crescent City, Louisiana, and the mid-South. Based on deep archival research and numerous interviews of home alumni and their descendants, Most Fortunate Unfortunates provides a view of life in the home for the children and women who lived there. The study also traces the forces that impelled the home's founders and leaders - both the heralded men and otherwise overlooked women - to create and maintain the institution that Jews considered the 'pride of every Southern Israelite.' While Trestman celebrates the home's many triumphs, she delves deeply into its failures. Most Fortunate Unfortunates is sure to be of widespread interest to readers interested in southern Jewish history, gender and race relations, and the evolution of social work and dependent childcare"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Trestman, M. (2023). Most fortunate unfortunates: the Jewish Orphans' Home of New Orleans . Louisiana State University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Trestman, Marlene, 1956-. 2023. Most Fortunate Unfortunates: The Jewish Orphans' Home of New Orleans. Louisiana State University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Trestman, Marlene, 1956-. Most Fortunate Unfortunates: The Jewish Orphans' Home of New Orleans Louisiana State University Press, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Trestman, Marlene. Most Fortunate Unfortunates: The Jewish Orphans' Home of New Orleans Louisiana State University Press, 2023.
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