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WOMEN

FORTHCOMING

Encyclopedia of American Women
and Religion

Second Edition | 2 VOLUMES | JUNE MELBY BENOWITZ
This second edition of Encyclopedia of American Women and Religion provides updated
and expanded information from historians and other scholars of religion, covering new
issues in religion to better describe and document women’s roles within religious groups.
For instance, the term “evangelical feminism” is one newly defined aspect of women’s
involvement in religious activism. Changes are constantly occurring within the many
religious faiths and denominations in America, particularly as women strive to gain
positions within religious hierarchies that previously were exclusive to men and rise within
ABC-CLIO their denominations to become theologians, church leaders, and bishops.
August 2017, 799pp, 7x10
Print: 978-1-4408-3986-3
$198.00, £153.00, €180.00 FEATURES
eBook: 978-1-4408-3987-0 • Introduces readers to hundreds of women who became leaders within various religious
faiths and denominations, including many who founded religious sects and organizations
• Provides an understanding of women’s developing roles in American religious culture,
JUNE MELBY BENOWITZ, PhD,
is associate professor of history at which continue to the present day
University of South Florida, Sarasota- • Enables readers to gain an understanding of the broad range of religions, approaches to
Manatee. religion, and attitudes toward religion in the United States

Women’s Rights in the United States

A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Issues, Events,
and People
4 VOLUMES | TIFFANY K. WAYNE, EDITOR; LOIS BANNER, ADVISING EDITOR

> AWARD WINNER
2015 Outstanding Reference Source –Reference and User Services Association [RUSA]
2015 Outstanding Academic Title –Choice

“ in its scope than other comparable works. . . . Highly recommended. ”
This important work provides an update and is much more comprehensive

—Choice, May 7, 2015
ABC-CLIO Few realize that the origin of the discussion on women’s rights emerged out of the anti-
December 2014, 1,361pp, 8 1/2x11 slavery movement of the 19th century, and that suffragists were active in the peace and
Print: 978-1-61069-214-4
$415.00, £320.00, €378.00 labor movements long after the right to vote was granted. Thus began the confluence of
eBook: 978-1-61069-215-1 activism in our country, where the rights of women both followed—and led—the social
and political discourse in America. Through 4 volumes and more than 800 entries, editor
Tiffany K. Wayne, with advising editor Lois Banner, examine the issues, people, and events
TIFFANY K. WAYNE, PhD, is author
of ABC-CLIO’s American Women of of women’s activism, from the early period of American history to the present time.
Science since 1900 and Greenwood’s This comprehensive reference not only traces the historical evolution of the movement,
Women’s Roles in Nineteenth-Century but also covers current issues affecting women, such as reproductive freedom, political
America. participation, pay equity, violence against women, and gay civil rights.
LOIS BANNER, PhD, is history professor
at the University of Southern California
and an American feminist author.

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