Maintaining the Gender Order: Using Women, Preferring Men in an Episcopal Campus Chapel, 1927-1949
This paper examines one of three Episcopal campus chapels in the United States led by women during the first half of the twentieth century. I argue that during the historical period 1927-1949, an Episcopal bishop and the Diocese of Florida employed labor queues as a mechanism to recruit women as mem...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2004
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Review of religious research
Year: 2004, Volume: 46, Issue: 1, Pages: 72-87 |
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| Summary: | This paper examines one of three Episcopal campus chapels in the United States led by women during the first half of the twentieth century. I argue that during the historical period 1927-1949, an Episcopal bishop and the Diocese of Florida employed labor queues as a mechanism to recruit women as members, leaders, and religious advisors -- indeed, to serve as de facto pastors on an all-women's college campus. Drawing on archival data, my historical study confirms organized religion's preference for men but willingness to use women if men cannot be recruited or circumstances surrounding the job justify using women, such as when students were all women. This study shows how the organized church contributes to the perpetuation of a gender institution that devalues women's labor and status within and outside religion, thereby maintaining the gender order. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3512254 |