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Presbyterian women in America : two centuries of a quest for status / Lois A. Boyd and R. Douglas Brackenridge.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boyd, Lois A.
- Series:
- Contributions to the study of religion ; no. 46.
- Contributions to the study of religion, 0196-7053 ; no. 46
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
- Women in the Presbyterian Church--United States--History.
- Women in the Presbyterian Church.
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)--History--19th century.
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)--History--20th century.
- Presbyterian Church--United States--Membership.
- Presbyterian Church.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 180 pages, 17 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1996.
- Summary:
- This second edition traces women's affilation with Presbyterianism in the United States for more than two centuries--from 1789 when women were silent in the church to the present, where women serve equally in the pulpits, sessions, and courts of the church.
- Notes:
- "A publication of the Presbyterian Historical Society."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-171) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0313298416
- OCLC:
- 33818972
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