Woman, Church, and State

by Gage, Matilda Joslyn

• ISBN13: 9781591020073
• ISBN10: 1591020077
• Edition: Unabridged
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Humanities Press

Summary

This classic history of woman's oppression is one of the first attempts to document the sad legacy of injustice and discrimination against women, which is unfortunately inseparable from the history of both Christianity and the evolution of the Western state. Beginning in the pre-Christian era, where she finds more evidence of freedom for women than in subsequent eras, pioneering women's rights advocate Matilda Joslyn Gage traces the patterns of male domination in both church and state that kept women in virtual bondage. This new edition is complemented by an introduction by renowned author, lecturer, and historical performer Sally Roesch Wagner, who helped found one of the country's first programs in women's studies. She is executive director of the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation.

Table of Contents

The Matriarchate	39	(34)
Celibacy	73	(58)
Canon Law	131	(36)
Marquette	167	(58)
Witchcraft	225	(68)
Wives	293	(90)
Polygamy	383	(30)
Woman and Work	413	(28)
The Church of Today	441	(54)
Past, Present, Future	495	(18)
Index	513