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Women In The Church, W. A. Fairy
Women In The Church, W. A. Fairy
Methodist Historical Society Addresses
The article summarizes the historic role of women in the church and the role that they played in 1930 in leadership in the church, particularly in education and missions.
The Position Of The Christian Woman, Especially As Worker In The Church, P E. Kretzmann
The Position Of The Christian Woman, Especially As Worker In The Church, P E. Kretzmann
Concordia Theological Monthly
The position of women in most heathen nations and tribes was and is one of almost unbelievable degradation and unspeakable misery. In most cases, even among the more enlightened nations of antiquity, she was nothing more than a mere chattel. Under the old Roman law, for example, a husband had absolute power of life and death over his wife and absolute control of her property. (Brace, Gesta. Christi, 20.) In Athens, during the age of the orators, the woman was obliged to accept without questioning a position distinctly subordinate to the men, both intellectually and socially. "The life of the …