Mennonite women in Canada : a history / Marlene Epp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Epp, Marlene, author.

Contributor:

Gibson Library Connections, Inc.

Series:

Studies in immigration and culture, 1914-1459 ; 2.

Studies in immigration and culture, 1914-1459 ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mennonite women--Canada--Societies and club.

Mennonite women.

Mennonite women--Canada--History.

Mennonite women--Canada--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 electronic text (xiii, 378 p., [14] p. of plates : ill.) : digital file.

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mennonite Women in Canada traces the complex social history and multiple identities of Canadian Mennonite women over 200 years. Marlene Epp explores women's roles, as prescribed and as lived, within the contexts of immigration and settlement, household and family, church and organizational life, work and education, and in response to social trends and events. The combined histories of Mennonite women offer a rich and fascinating study of how women actively participate in ordering their lives within ethno-religious communities.

Contents:

'The curious Mennonite' : seeing Canadian Mennonite women through low-lying fog

Pioneers, refugees, and transnationals: women immigrate to Canada

Wives, mothers, and 'others': women within families

Preachers, prophets, and missionaries : women in the church

Nonconformists, nonresistors, and citizens : women living in the world

Quilters, canners, and writers : women in the material world.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 17, 2017).

ISBN:

1-283-09091-0

9786613090911

0-88755-343-5

OCLC:

741450522