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Chicago Catholic Women: Its Role in Founding the Catholic Women's Movement
A feminist, activist, scholar, and sister, author Donna Quinn recounts and reflects on 25 years of Chicago Catholic Women (1974-1999), the group's work advocating for full equality for women in church and society, and its pivotal involvement in the Catholic Women's Movement.
264 pages, Paperback
Published April 1, 2016
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December 21, 2023
Donna Quinn is a badass…
“There are times when men want to own and control- be it small nations, poor people, women’s bodies….be it entire Religious Communities of Women, one of woman who gave 30 years to her ministry, or the altar where our young daughters gather.”
This book excellently describes history of the sexism problem of the Chicago church post V2, but this issue is also really a microcosm of American Catholicism. The problem is that women are not recognized, not just in their achievements in preserving the church, but in their mere EXISTENCE as members. Forget ordination, just being CONSIDERED is not a given.
I’m both inspired by the women in this book and outraged at the men who tried to hold them back.
Must-read for Catholic women
“There are times when men want to own and control- be it small nations, poor people, women’s bodies….be it entire Religious Communities of Women, one of woman who gave 30 years to her ministry, or the altar where our young daughters gather.”
This book excellently describes history of the sexism problem of the Chicago church post V2, but this issue is also really a microcosm of American Catholicism. The problem is that women are not recognized, not just in their achievements in preserving the church, but in their mere EXISTENCE as members. Forget ordination, just being CONSIDERED is not a given.
I’m both inspired by the women in this book and outraged at the men who tried to hold them back.
Must-read for Catholic women
March 6, 2022
A very dense collection of information, every other sentence held a name or event that I Googled to learn more. This book is a rabbit hole of the Catholic feminist movement!
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