Encyclopedia of American Women and Religion, 2nd Edition [2 volumes]
byJune Melby Benowitz, PhD, is associate professor of history at University of South Florida, Sarasota-Manatee.
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Benowitz, June. Encyclopedia of American Women and Religion, 2nd Edition [2 volumes]. 2, ABC-CLIO, 2017. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440839870.
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This two-volume set examines women's contributions to religious and moral development in America, covering individual women, their faith-related organizations, and women's roles and experiences in the broader social and cultural contexts of their times.
• Introduces readers to hundreds of women who became leaders within various religious faiths and denominations, including many who founded religious sects and organizations• Provides an understanding of women's developing roles in American religious culture, which continue to the present day
• Enables readers to gain an understanding of the broad range of religions, approaches to religion, and attitudes toward religion in the United States
• Documents how life's experiences can shape one's spiritual life and future development
• Includes a timeline of the issues facing women that marks changing societal attitudes and individual women's accomplishments across history
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Encyclopedia of American Women and Religion, 2nd Edition [2 volumes]
Author(s): Benowitz, June;Contributors: Benowitz, June;Abstract:This two-volume set examines women's contributions to religious and moral development in America, covering individual women, their faith-related organizations, and women's roles and experiences in the broader social and cultural contexts of their times.
• Introduces readers to hundreds of women who became leaders within various religious faiths and denominations, including many who founded religious sects and organizations• Provides an understanding of women's developing roles in American religious culture, which continue to the present day
• Enables readers to gain an understanding of the broad range of religions, approaches to religion, and attitudes toward religion in the United States
• Documents how life's experiences can shape one's spiritual life and future development
• Includes a timeline of the issues facing women that marks changing societal attitudes and individual women's accomplishments across history
SortTitle: encyclopedia of american women and religion, 2nd edition [2 volumes]Edition: 2Author Info:June Melby BenowitzauthorJune Melby Benowitz, PhD, is associate professor of history at University of South Florida, Sarasota-Manatee.
eISBN-13: 9781440839870Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440839870.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440839863Imprint: ABC-CLIOPages: 872Publication Date: 20170831Table of Contents pages: 1 2
- M 339390
- MacLaine, Shirley (1934–) 339390
- Mallory, Kathleen Moore (1879–1954) 341392
- Marshall (LeSourd), Sarah Catherine Wood (1914–1983) 342393
- Matthews, Ann Teresa (1732–1800) 344395
- Matthews, Marjorie Swank (1916–1986) 345396
- McBeth, Sue (1830–1893) 346397
- McFague, Sallie (TeSelle) (1933–) 347398
- McIntosh, Martha E. (Bell) (1848–1922) 349400
- McPherson, Aimee Semple (1890–1944) 350401
- Mears, Henrietta Cornelia (1890–1963) 354405
- Mennonites 356407
- Messner, Tammy Faye (1942–2007) 358409
- Methodists 360411
- Meyer, Joyce (1943–) 363414
- Meyer, Lucy Jane Rider (1849–1922) 364415
- Militz, Annie Rix (1856–1924) 366417
- Ministers’ Wives 367418
- Missionaries 369420
- Missionary Societies 371422
- Modesto, Ruby E. (1913–1980) 373424
- Moise, Mary (1850–1930) 374425
- Montgomery, Carrie Judd (1858–ca. 1946) 375426
- Montgomery, Helen Barrett (1861–1934) 377428
- Moon, Lottie (1840–1912) 379430
- Moore, Joanna Patterson (1832–1916) 381432
- Mott, Lucretia Coffin (1793–1880) 383434
- Mountain Wolf Woman (1884–1960) 386437
- Mount Holyoke College 388439
- Muslims 389440
- Halftitle page i445
- Title page iii447
- Copyright page iv448
- Contents v449
- N 393461
- Nathan, Maud (1862–1946) 393461
- Nation, Carry Amelia Moore (1846–1911) 394462
- National Black Sisters’ Conference 397465
- National Council of Catholic Women 398466
- National Council of Jewish Women 399467
- Native Americans 400468
- Nerinckx, Charles (1761–1824) 404472
- New Thought Movement 405473
- Nichols, Mary Sargeant Neal Gove (1810–1884) 406474
- Noyes, John Humphrey (1811–1886) 408476
- O 411479
- P 425493
- Packard, Sophia Betsey (1824–1891) 425493
- Palmer, Phoebe Worrall (1807–1874) 427495
- Parker, Theodore (1810–1860) 429497
- Pastoral Letter of 1837 431499
- Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities 435503
- Peabody, Lucy Whitehead McGill Waterbury (1861–1949) 436504
- Peace Movements 437505
- Penrose, Romania Pratt (1839–1932) 440508
- Pentecostals 441509
- Perfectionist Movement 443511
- Philadelphia 11 445513
- Piccard, Jeannette Ridlon (1895–1981) 446514
- Platz, Elizabeth Alvina (1941–) 448516
- Presbyterian Church 449517
- Priesand, Sally Jane (1946–) 452520
- Promise Keepers/Praise Keepers 454522
- Prophet, Elizabeth Clare (1939–2009) 456524
- Pugh, Sarah (1800–1884) 458526
- Puritans 459527
- Q 463531
- R 465533
- Reform Movements 465533
- Regan, Agnes Gertrude (1869–1943) 466534
- Richmond, Cora Lodencia Veronica Scott (1840–1923) 467535
- Roberson, Lizzie Woods (1860–1945) 469537
- Robertson, Ann Eliza Worcester (1826–1905) 470538
- Robinson, Ida Bell (1891–1946) 472540
- Rogers, Aurelia Spencer (1834–1922) 473541
- Rogers, Mary Josephine (1882–1955) 475543
- Roman Catholics 476544
- Roman Catholic Women Priests 479547
- Roman Catholic Women’s Orders (Nuns) 480548
- Rose, Ernestine Louise Sismondi Potowski (1810–1892) 483551
- Ruether, Rosemary Radford (1936–) 485553
- S 489557
- Salem Witch Trials 489557
- Salvation Army 499567
- Sampson, Deborah (1760–1827) 501569
- Sanapia (1895–1984?) 502570
- Sasaki, Ruth Fuller Everett (1892–1967) 504572
- Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg (1947–) 506574
- Schechter, Mathilde Roth (1859–1924) 507575
- Schlafly, Phyllis Stewart (1924–2016) 509577
- School Prayer 511579
- Scudder, Vida Dutton (1861–1954) 527595
- Second Great Awakening 529597
- Second Vatican Council 531599
- Segale, Rosa Maria (1850–1941) 532600
- Seton, Elizabeth Ann Bayley (1774–1821) 533601
- Settlement House Movement 536604
- Shakers (United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Coming) 539607
- Shaw, Anna Howard (1847–1919) 541609
- Siddiqui, Aafia (1972–) 543611
- Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross 546614
- Smith, Amanda Berry (1837–1915) 547615
- Smith, Emma Hale (1804–1879) 549617
- Smith, Hannah Whitall (1832–1911) 552620
- Snow, Eliza Roxey (Smith) (1804–1887) 553621
- Social Gospel Movement 555623
- Society of Friends (Quakers) 556624
- Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross 559627
- Solares, Maria (1842–1923) 560628
- Solomon, Hannah Greenebaum (1858–1942) 562630
- Southard, Mabel Madeline (1877–1967) 564632
- Spalding, Eliza Hart (1807–1851) 565633
- Spiritualism 567635
- Stanton, Elizabeth Cady (1815–1902) 569637
- Starbuck, Mary Coffin (1645–1717) 572640
- Starhawk (Miriam Simos) (1951–) 573641
- Starr, Eliza Allen (1824–1901) 575643
- Stetson, Augusta Emma Simmons (1842–1928) 576644
- Stewart, Maria W. (1803–1879) 578646
- Sunday School Movement 580648
- Szold, Henrietta (1860–1945) 583651
- T 587655
- Tate, Mary Magdalena Lewis (1871–1930) 587655
- Tekakwitha, Kateri (ca. 1656–1680) 588656
- Temperance Movement 590658
- ten Boom, Corrie (1892–1983) 592660
- Theologians 594662
- Theosophy 596664
- Towne, Elizabeth Lois Jones (1865–1961) 598666
- Transcendentalism 600668
- Truth, Sojourner (ca. 1797–1883) 601669
- Tubman, Harriet Ross (ca. 1820–1913) 606674
- U 611679
- V 619687
- W 621689
- Wadud, Amina (1952–) 621689
- Warde, Frances Teresa (1810–1884) 622690
- Weakland, Betty (1916–2007) 624692
- Wedel, Cynthia Clark (1908–1986) 625693
- White, Alma Bridwell (1862–1946) 627695
- White, Anna (1831–1910) 629697
- White, Ellen Gould Harmon (1827–1915) 630698
- Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss (1808–1847) 633701
- Wicca 636704
- Wilcox, Ella Wheeler (1850–1919) 637705
- Wilkinson, Jemima (1752–1819) 638706
- Willard, Frances Elizabeth Caroline (1839–1898) 640708
- Witchcraft 643711
- Wittenmyer, Annie Turner (1827–1900) 645713
- Woman, Church and State (1893) 647715
- The Woman’s Bible (1895, 1898) 648716
- Woman’s Christian Temperance Union 654722
- Woman’s Missionary Union 656724
- Woman Suffrage 657725
- Women’s Home and Foreign Mission Society 659727
- Women’s League for Conservative Judaism 660728
- Women’s Missionary and Service Commission of the Mennonite Church 661729
- Women’s Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church 663731
- Women’s Sphere 665733
- Women’s Studies 666734
- Woodhull, Victoria Claflin (1838–1927) 667735
- Woodworth-Etter, Maria Beulah Underwood (1844–1924) 681749
- Wright, Frances (1795–1852) 683751
- Wynkoop, Mildred Olive Bangs (1905–1997) 685753
- Y 689757
- Z 695763
- Bibliography 697765
- About the Author 771839
- Index 773841
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