Across God's Frontiers

“Highly recommended. All levels/libraries.” — CHOICE

“Butler traces how sisters challenged and reconfigured contemporary ideas about women, work, religion, and the West.” — American Catholic Studies Newsletter

“A celebration of the intrepid spirit of sisters who established ministries of the frontier.” — Conscience

“It is impossible not to admire Across God’s Frontiers. Butler’s meticulous research and deft analysis will earn her high praise from her peers in American women’s, Western, and religious history.” — American Catholic Studies Newsletter

“Across God’s Frontiers livens up with its tales of courageous women and its forthright analysis of gender politics.” — Tucson Weekly

“Butler has called attention to yet another strand of the West’s complex mix of peoples and cultures.” — H-SHGAPE

“Anyone interested in the history of American religion, Catholicism, women, education, race relations or cultural development should read this book.” — America Magazine

“The women religious of the American West have found their voice in this book. Based on research in dozens of congregational archives, Across God’s Frontiers is an exceptional work of research and analysis. One can only hope — perhaps pray is a better word — that the history of women religious in other regions of the country will find a scholar as diligent and thoughtful as Anne Butler.” — The Annals of Iowa

“This book is grand on many different levels.” — Journal of American History

“This prodigious undertaking is the culmination of Butler’s many years of research and articles devoted to the topic. . . . The author’s broad-based use of the too-often ignored lives and archives of women religious is to be applauded. . . . Others, hopefully, will follow [her] lead.” — Oregon Historical Quarterly