Background… Should a Man Be Writing a Women’s History of Bethel? 31 Oct 2024 As soon as I announced my sabbatical project last spring, an otherwise supportive friend asked a question I haven't been able to shake: "You will be interpreting as a male.…
Historiography… Women in Earlier Bethel Histories: “Contribution” and “Oppression” 18 Sep 20249 Dec 2024 There had been a chapter on education in the Baptist General Conference in the Centenary History of that denomination (1952) by Adolf Olson, who had previously collaborated with his son…
Historiography Women in Earlier Bethel Histories: “Compensatory History” 12 Sep 20249 Dec 2024 As when he wrote about the larger denomination in his Centenary History of the Baptist General Conference, women mostly stay in the background of Adolf Olson's coverage of Bethel, the…
Historiography… Women in Earlier Bethel Histories: “Work in the Background” 5 Sep 20249 Dec 2024 Few historians ever break entirely new ground. We might bring new perspectives to new evidence or use new methods to answer new questions, but we are all revisiting — and…
The Women of Bethel 