Author: Helen Conroy (Sister Mary Ethel)
Title: Forgotten Women (in Convents)
Description: New York, Agora Publishing Co, 1946. Second Printing. Paperback. 121p. plus ads. A tan softcover book in good condition. Edges a bit worn; former owner stamp on front inner wraps. Clean and tight. A book about the alleged abuse hidden in Catholic convents, by a former nun who claims to have been trapped in a lifestyle similar to slavery. A late example of the ex-convent narrative, a genre most popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Conroy was an Irish woman who served as a missionary sister in Burma. Good .

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