Social Justice from Outside the Walls

Catholic Women in Memphis, 1950–1970

Ann Youngblood Mulhearn (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

234 Seiten

2023
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-6669-2228-8 (ISBN)

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Social Justice from Outside the Walls: Catholic Women in Memphis, 1950–1970 by Ann Youngblood Mulhearn examines the intersections of faith, race, and gender within the social justice movements in twentieth-century Memphis, Tennessee. Weaving together the biographies of six Catholic women and drawing upon the activists’ own published writing and personal interviews, this book disrupts assumptions that racial and social justice was primarily a Protestant concern. Motivated by the tenets of their Catholic faith, these women, both Black and white, used existing social, political, and religious organizations to further the causes of racial and social justice. When these structures were not available, the women created them, transforming traditional women’s organizations into vehicles of social and political activism. As a small representation of progressive Catholics active in the South, these six Catholic women redefined their perceptions and expectations of themselves both as women and Catholics. In doing so, they challenged contemporary gender norms as well as the patriarchal hierarchy of the Catholic Church. Their intertwined stories highlight the significant contributions made by Catholics and Catholic theology to the civil rights movement on the local level and further refine our understanding of larger national movements.

Ann Youngblood Mulhearn is lecturer of American history at Middle Tennessee State University and a former Fulbright Roving Scholar in American Studies.

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Little Way: Catholic Foundations for Social Justice
Chapter 2: “The Colored Harvest”: Black and Catholic
Chapter 3: The Outer Circle: Catholic Workers and Catholic Action
Chapter 4: Opening Just One Door: Social Justice, Race, and Reaction
Chapter 5: Catholic Action: Putting Vatican II into Practice
Chapter 6: White Gloved Radicals: Expanding the Mission
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	23.11.2023
Zusatzinfo	12 b/w photos
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 238 mm
Gewicht	485 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-6669-2228-5 / 1666922285
ISBN-13	978-1-6669-2228-8 / 9781666922288
Zustand	Neuware