Helen Barrett Montgomery
Subtitle: the global mission of domestic feminism
By: Kendal P. Mobley.
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Waco, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9781602581876
Subjects: Montgomery, Helen Barrett, -- 1861-1934; Women in missionary work; Feminism -- History; Feminism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Women missionaries -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Helen Barret Montgomery : the interpretive challenge; title: "The fatherhood of God and the victorian family" : the childhood and early education of Helen Barrett; title: Evangelism, progressivism, and domesticity : Helen Barrett's Wellesley; title: The new woman at work, home, and in public : Helen Barrett Montgomery's return to Rochester; title: Montgomery's "new woman" and the limitless scope of woman as citizen; title: Susan B. Anthony and Helen Barrett Montgomery : an intergenerational feminist partnership; title: The Rochester Women's Educational and Industrial Union : Montgomery's platform for municipal housekeeping; title: Helen Barrett Montgomery, Walter Rauschenbush, and the battle for progressive public education; title: The Hackett House episode and the birth of social centers; title: "A great theme" : domestic feminism and the gospel of the women's jubilee; title: After the jubilee : women's colleges and "world friendship"; title: A "middle-of-the-road Baptist" : creedalism and the defense of Baptist liberty.