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Sue Anderson-Faithful is Senior Lecturer in Education and Convenor of the Centre for the History of Women’s Education at the University of Winchester, UK. Catherine Holloway is Lecturer in Education and Childhood Studies at the University of Winchester, UK.
Diverse themes such as philanthropy, politics, service, empire, place and space are used to examine women’s agency and activism within the Church of England congresses. Meticulously researched, this is a deeply engaging book that offers an insightful analysis of women’s lives, identities and experiences. * Tanya Fitzgerald, Professor of Higher Education, The University of Western Australia, Australia * The history of the Church of England has tended to be told as one shaped by the machinations of its male clergy and hierarchy alone. This book breaks new ground in giving prominence to the agency of the many lay women who served the church, directing and influencing its future shape through the newly created Church Congress, from 1861 onwards. This book presents a detailed and important account of an otherwise neglected aspect of ecclesiastical history. * Stephen G. Parker, Professor of the History of Religion and Education, University of Worcester, UK *
