| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 314 pages) |
| Series |
Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History Series ; 51 |
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Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite history ; no. 51.
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| Contents |
Part I : 1917-1960s. Beginnings of Mennonite women's groups -- Years of quiet faithfulness "more than sewing" -- Part II : 1970s-1997. Women liberated -- Women's Missionary and Service Commission : "are Mennonite women's groups feminist?" -- Hispanic Mennonite women's conferences and black Mennonite women's retreats -- Women in Mission : "a mission to themselves" -- Decline and new vision : "We moved our two tables to make it one" -- Part III : 1997-2017. Mennonite Women -- Mennonite Women USA -- Sister Care :"a wind underneath my wings" -- Local and regional activities -- Future directions for Mennonite women's groups |
| Summary |
"The saga of Mennonite women's organizations is a story of struggle and triumph, productivity and misgivings, questions and celebrations. During the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, women's groups have offered Mennonite women a means of serving others by sewing clothing, laboring over quilts, rolling bandages, and packing school kits. Women's groups have also provided Mennonite women the opportunity to test their skills as leaders and give voice to callings they felt in a church that has not always valued their gifts for ministry. In this vibrant portrait of Mennonite Women USA, Anita Hooley Yoder paints with both broad and subtle strokes the one-hundred-year history of an organization that nurtures local church women's groups and connects Mennonite women across the world."--Publisher |
| Subject |
Mennonite women -- Societies and clubs
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Women in church work -- Mennonites.
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Women in church work -- Mennonites.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781513803067 |
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1513803069 |
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