Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-219) and index.
Contents
Ideals of American Catholic womanhood / Karen Kennelly -- Women in the convent / Mary Ewens -- Catholic domesticity, 1860-1960 / Colleen McDannell -- Catholic laywomen in the labor force, 1850-1950 / Mary J. Oates -- A question of equality / James Kenneally -- Reformers and activists / Debra Campbell -- Catholic feminism / Rosemary Rader.
Summary
Tells the stories of hundreds of Catholic women who as individuals and groups represent almost every point on the religious spectrum ; lay and religious, traditionalists and reformers. Includes the topics: Ideals of American Catholic womanhood, women in the convent, Reformers and activists, and Catholic feminism.