Faculty and Staff… From the Archives… Social Science Studies 21 Feb 2025 Now that I'm back to teaching a typical spring load of three courses, I've had less time to dedicate to research. But I am setting aside a few hours a…
Announcements… RIP Leta Frazier 17 Feb 202517 Feb 2025 While I'm thrilled by what we've already been able to accomplish with this project, I do have a couple of regrets. One is that we were unable to arrange an…
Background… The Rise of – and Split within – Evangelical Feminism 6 Feb 2025 In 1987 former Bethel College professors Wayne Grudem and John Piper co-founded the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. According to its website, CBMW was established primarily to help the…
Announcements The Women of Greenville 30 Jan 2025 Last month I was delighted to get a note from Brian Hartley, a theologian who recently retired from Greenville University as its chief academic officer. He had heard about our…
Announcements Coming Soon… The 2025 Bethel Women’s History Month Devotional 22 Jan 2025 I've written previously about how much I appreciated the Women's History Month devotionals published at Bethel from 2000 to 2002 — both as historical sources giving us unique glimpses inside…
Announcements RIP Darleen Brushaber 18 Jan 2025 As many of you have probably heard, Darleen Brushaber passed away recently, just over three years after the death of her husband, George Brushaber. The Brushabers were married for almost…
Sources… From the Archives… College Women in 1992 15 Jan 2025 What was it like to be a woman studying at Bethel? That's an obviously important question to ask, in a history project that aspires "to tell a version of our…
Sources… From the Archives… Seminary Women in 1994 10 Jan 2025 While my sabbatical is now over, I'll continue to conduct research this spring and finish writing my women's history of Bethel University over the summer. I've been very happy with…
Announcements New Year, New Website Content 2 Jan 2025 Happy New Year to you all! I'm not quite sure when my sabbatical officially ends, but I'll be back in the classroom next Monday — teaching CWC for the only…
Sources From the Archives… a Cookbook 18 Dec 202418 Jan 2025 I love cooking almost as much as studying history, and cookbooks are some of my favorite historical sources. For example, when we look at 19th century views of gender in…
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