Southern Methodist Women and Social Justice - (Southern Dissent) by Janet Allured & M Kathryn Armistead (Hardcover)
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- Highlighting the contributions of Methodist women in advocating for progressive reform from 1900 to the present This book tells the stories of nine southern Methodist women, who, inspired by their faith, carried forward the spirit of progressivism.
- About the Author: Janet Allured is retired professor of history and women's studies at McNeese State University and is currently adjunct professor of women's history at the University of Arkansas.
- 342 Pages
- History, United States
- Series Name: Southern Dissent
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About the Book
This book tells the stories of nine southern Methodist women, who,inspired by their faith, advocated for progressive reform by fighting
for racial equality, challenging white male supremacy, and addressing
class oppression.
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Highlighting the contributions of Methodist women in advocating for progressive reform from 1900 to the present
This
book tells the stories of nine southern Methodist women, who, inspired
by their faith, carried forward the spirit of progressivism. They fought
for racial equality, challenged white male supremacy, and addressed
class oppression. The white and Black women featured here responded to
local human rights violations with compassion, advocating for expanded
and more diverse private and public services in the United States.
Motivated
by a modernist interpretation of the Gospel authorized by the tenets of
Methodism, these women expanded notions of southern identity and
womanhood. Their actions supported the Black freedom struggle and
promoted women's rights, gaining momentum after the 1939 rise of the
Women's Society of Christian Service--the largest Protestant women's
organization in the country. Grounded in research from church archives
and interviews, this book shows how Methodist traditions provided
spiritual, theological, and doctrinal support for social justice work
among laywomen and female clergy. With Methodism as a case in point,
this book expands the historical narrative of twentieth-century reform
movements to include the South's progressive religious traditions.
Contributors:
Chelsea Elizabeth Hodge Fran Wescott Janet Lynn Allured Randall
M. Miller Jeanette Stokes M. Kathryn Armistead Stanley Harrold
Rachel Sauls Helen R. Neinast Jennifer Copeland Katie W. Powell
A volume in the series Southern Dissent, edited by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller
About the Author
Janet Allured
is retired professor of history and women's studies at McNeese State
University and is currently adjunct professor of women's history at the
University of Arkansas. She is the author of Remapping Second-Wave Feminism: The Long Women's Rights Movement in Louisiana, 1950-1997.
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