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Mennonite Women in Canada: A History

By Marlene Epp

Book information

Publisher
University of Manitoba Press
Year
2008
ISBN
0887551823, 9780887551826
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3553516 bytes)
Series
Studies in Immigration and Culture
Pages
408\407
Time added
2017-04-03 09:17:37
Mennonite;Christian Denominations & Sects;Canada;EPractices & Sacred Texts;Religious Art;Religious S

Description

Female voices are rare in the historical record of the Mennonites. Nevertheless, Mennonite women were influential in shaping Mennonite and Canadian society. Mennonite Women in Canada, the first comprehensive history of Mennonite women, traces their role over the past two hundred years.     Marleen Epp explores women's roles within the contexts of immigration, family, church life, work, education, and social life. Comparing how Mennonites dictate women's "place" within society with how women actually behave, Epp finds a contradiction between behavioral ideals and practicalities. Also, women's responses to dictates about their proper place vary widely, unsettling a clear delineation of their roles.    Using diaries, oral histories, genealogies, and memoirs, Epp presents a fascinating story of Canadian Mennonite women that deserves to be read by women and men everywhere.

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