The Horn Book Guide

RELIGION

Braude, Ann

Women and American Religion

144 pp. | Oxford | January, 2000 | Library ISBN 0-19-510676-8 $$22.00

(3) YA Religion in American Life series. From the early seventeenth century to the present, Braude's thorough study chronicles how women's changing roles in religious institutions have paralleled their advances in American society. Black-and-white captioned photos and primary source documents extend the scholarly text. This will be most appreciated by serious students of women's and religious history. A chronology is appended. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn