The evolution of retirement : an American economic history, 1880-1990 / by Costa, Dora L.

Table of Contents: “…The problem of old age -- The evolution of retirement -- Income and retirement -- Work and disease -- The older worker -- Displacing the family -- The rise of the leisured class -- Pensions and politics -- Looking to the future -- Appendix A : Union Army pensions and Civil War records.…”
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New Orleans Women and the Poydras Home : More Durable than Marble / by Tyler, Pamela

Table of Contents: “…Orphans and orphanages : a historical overview -- The genesis of an idea -- Humble beginnings and a generous benefactor -- Years of growth -- Crosses to bear : the impact of religious strife on the Poydras Asylum -- Challenges to Poydras : the Union Army and Reconstruction -- In sickness and in health : the operation of the Poydras Asylum in its first hundred years -- Farewell to the old Poydras -- And welcome to the new! …”
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Radical relationships : the Civil War-era correspondence of Mathilde Franziska Anneke / by Anneke, Mathilde Franziska Giesler, 1817-1884

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