| Description |
494 pages : portraits, ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
1. Women, church and society in Australia in the last two hundred years : an overview -- 2. Women of courage and conviction: pioneers of the fisrt half century of european settlement -- 3. Paragons of virtue and mystery: clergy and bishops' wives in the Victorian era and beyond -- 4. The price of independence: the women of Roman Catholic orders, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- 5. Handmaids of the church, and more: laywomen of the Victorian era -- 6. Purposeful, undervalued Christian employment: women in non-Roman Catholic orders to 1914 -- 7. Undreant-of fulfilment: the role of the woman missionary to World War I -- 8. A worthy use of gifts of leadership: women missionaries between the wars -- 9. Paving the way for recognition: women in orders between the wars -- 10. Out of the cocoon: the role of laywomen between the wars -- 11. An era of greater freedom and creativity: women in orders, 1939 to the 1990s -- 12. An influence out of all proportion to their numbers: women missionaries, 1939 to the 1990s -- 13. Towards freedom, ecumenism and leadership: laywomen in the church, 1939 to the 1990s -- 14. The struggle for a share of leadership: the ordination issue, 1939 to the 1990s -- Conclusion |
| Analysis |
Australia - Church history |
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Catholic women - Australia |
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Catholic women - History. - Australia |
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Churches |
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History |
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Missionaries |
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Ordination |
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Protestant women - Australia - History |
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Protestant women - History. - Australia |
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Women |
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Women in Christianity - Australia |
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Women in Christianity - History. - Australia |
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Women in church work - History. - Australia |
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Women in the Catholic Church - Australia - History |
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Women in the Catholic Church - History. - Australia |
| Notes |
Cover subtitle: A history of women in the Australian church |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 473-486 |
| Subject |
Chisholm, Caroline, 1808-1877.
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Catholic women -- Australia -- History.
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Protestant women -- Australia -- History.
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Women in Christianity -- Australia -- History.
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Women in church work -- Australia -- History.
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Women in the Catholic Church -- Australia -- History.
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Women missionaries -- Australia -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Church history.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114304
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| ISBN |
0732410126 |
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