Presbyterian Women in America

by Lois A. Boyd and R. Douglas Brackenridge

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313298416
• ISBN13: 9780313298417
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"