Presbyterian Women in America Two Centuries of a Quest for Status

Name: Presbyterian Women in America Two Centuries of a Quest for Status
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ISBN: 9780313236785

ISBN-10: 031323678X

ISBN-13: 9780313236785

Edition: N/A

Authors: Lois A. Boyd, R. Douglas Brackenridge

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This second edition traces women's affilation with Presbyterianism in the United States for more than two centuries--from 1789 when women were silent in the church to the present, where women serve equally in the pulpits, sessions, and courts of the church.

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Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Language: English

Preface
Abbreviations
Pious Females: Leading to the Church Woman's Decade, 1789-1880	p. 3
Woman's Boards: Developing a Bureaucracy, 1880-1958	p. 23
Advocates for Continuity and Change: Evolving Women's Organizations, 1958-1995	p. 51
Laywomen in Church Professions: Serving the Denomination, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries	p. 69
Shall Women Speak? Questioning Women's Roles, 1789-1920	p. 93
Unrest in the Church: Securing Ordination Rights, 1920-1958	p. 117
Presbyterian Clergywomen: Entering a New Frontier, 1958-1995	p. 135
Epilogue: Considering the Twenty-first Century	p. 151
Selected Bibliography	p. 159
Index	p. 173
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