Women and the Anglican Church Congress 1861-1938

Sue Anderson-Faithful is Senior Lecturer in Education and Convenor of the Centre for the History of Women’s Education at the University of Winchester, UK.Catherine Holloway is Lecturer in Education and Childhood Studies at the University of Winchester, UK.

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsTables and IllustrationsIntroduction: Congress: A Space for Women1. Visiting the Church Congress2. Women in the Anglican Church: Deaconesses, Sisters, Missionaries, and Philanthropy3. The Mothers’ Union and the Girls’ Friendly Society 4. Networks: Organisations, Politics, Empire and Suffrage 5. Widening Horizons in Education and Leisure6. Public Service and the World of Work7. Spiritual and Theological Aspirations and the Latter Years of Congress8. Conclusion: Women, Congress, Space, Place and AgencyAppendicesPrimary SourcesBibliographyIndex

The authors have done a tremendous service in digging through records, providing an inventory of women’s contributions, tracing biographical details of women speakers, and contextualising their topics. The result is a treasure trove for historians interested in the social history of religion in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and will surely influence future interpretations of the Anglican Communion’s evolution during this period.