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Presbyterian Women in America Two Centuries of a Quest for Status
Second Edition

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By Lois A. Boyd and R. Douglas Brackenridge

A Publication of the Presbyterian Historical Society

ISBN: 0-313-29841-6

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29841-7

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216 pages, photographs

Greenwood Press

Publication: 6/30/1996

List Price: $119.95 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Contributions to the Study of Religion

Series Number: 46

Description: This second edition of Boyd and Brackenridge's acclaimed history of Presbyterian women in America traces women's affiliation with Presbyterianism for more than two centuries--from 1789 to the present. In the first century after the establishment of the General Assembly, churchmen expected females to be silent, subordinate, and submissive in the church; ordination was forbidden. However, women in the 19th century organized into local groups devoted to mission and Christian education projects. This fascinating historical account traces the evolvement of these groups into the women's boards of the late 19th and early 20th centuries that influenced women's current equal role in the pulpits, sessions, and courts of the church. Boyd and Brackenridge raise important issues concerning diversity, sustenance of community, and ordination--issues that will affect women's position in the church in the 21st century.

Table of Contents:

Preface
The Lay Participation of Women
Pious Females: Leading to the Church Woman's Decade, 1789-1880
Woman's Boards: Developing a Bureaucracy, 1880-1958
Advocates for Continuity and Change: Evolving Women's Organizations, 1958-1994
Laywomen in Church Professions: Serving the Denomination, 19th and 20th Centuries
The Ordination of Women
Shall Women Speak? Questioning Women's Roles, 1789-1920
Unrest in the Church: Securing Ordination Rights, 1920-1958
Presbyterian Clergywomen: Entering a New Frontier, 1958-1994
Epilogue: Considering the 21st Century
Selected Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 95-50519

LCC Class: BX8969

Dewey Class: 285


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