Helen Barrett Montgomery

by Mobley, Kendal P.

• ISBN13: 9781602581876
• ISBN10: 1602581878
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781602582774
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-01
• Publisher: Baylor Univ Pr
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Summary

Helen Barrett Montgomery (1861-1934) was a social reformer, a Baptist luminary, and a prominent intellectual of the American women's ecumenical missionary movement. In this definitive biography, Kendal Mobley locates Montgomery in the context of her rapidly changing times, exploring Montgomery's early family influences, her education and spiritual development, and her relationship with other notable individuals of the era, including Susan B. Anthony. As Mobley points out, Montgomery believed that Christianity gave women equal spiritual and social status with men. Consequently, she saw "woman's work for woman" as the cutting edge of a global movement for women's emancipation. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Kendal P. Mobley (Th.D., Boston University School of Theology) is the Senior Pastor at Enon Baptist Church, Salisbury, N.C., and Adjunct Instructor in Church History, Pfeiffer University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Helen Barrett Montgomery: The Interpretive Challenge	p. 1
"The Fatherhood of God and the Victorian Family": The Childhood and Early Education of Helen Barrett	p. 11
Evangelicalism, Progressivism, and Domesticity: Helen Barrett's Wellesley	p. 25
The "New Woman" at Work, Home, and in Public: Helen Barrett Montgomery's Return to Rochester	p. 47
Montgomery's "New Woman" and the Limitless Scope of Woman as Citizen	p. 71
Susan B. Anthony and Helen Barrett Montgomery: An Intergenerational Feminist Partnership	p. 101
The Rochester Women's Educational and Industrial Union: Montgomery's Platform for Municipal Housekeeping	p. 129
Helen Barrett Montgomery, Walter Rauschenbusch, and the Battle for Progressive Public Education	p. 155
The Hackett House Episode and the Birth of Social Centers	p. 183
"A Great Theme": Domestic Feminism and the Gospel of the Women's Jubilee	p. 201
After the Jubilee: Women's Colleges and "World Friendship"	p. 225
A "Middle-of-the-Road Baptist": Creedalism and the Defense of Baptist Liberty, 1921-1922	p. 245
Conclusion	p. 259
Notes	p. 265
Bibliography	p. 303
Index of Personal Names	p. 323
Index of Subjects	p. 327
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