Strangers at Home: Amish & Mennonite Women in History

This collection of original essays focusses on the rich, historically divers and often misuderstood experience of Amish, Mennonite and other women of Anabaptist traditiond across 400 years. Equal parts sociology, religious history and gender studies, the book explores the changing roles and issues surrounding Anabaptist women in communities rancging from sixteenth-century Europe to contemporary North America.