Catholic and Feminist

“Compelling reading. . . . Provides a lively, cohesive narrative for non-Catholic feminists and readers from Generation O. . . . This concise, lively, carefully prepared volume will be useful to Catholics who want to know more about their own recent past and to students of American history, women’s history, and religious history. . . . Highly recommended.” — CHOICE

“An example of feminist scholarship that deserves the name: professional yet personal, documenting assertions without hedging and offering a vision that balances the real and the ideal. . . . [Henold’s] scholarship is careful, her writing style clean.” — America

“A splendid history of the American Catholic feminist movement. . . . Highly recommended for all seminary, academic, and public libraries.” — Library Journal

“The first substantive history of Catholic feminism.” — American Catholic

“Superb . . . at tracing and analyzing the history of Catholic feminism in the United States. . . . Henold’s research is impressive, relying on extensive archival research and a variety of fascinating oral histories. . . . An important contribution to the fields of religious history and women’s studies and should be required reading in those areas for years to come.” — American Catholic Studies

“[Henold] is to be commended for taking several thousand bits of information and weaving them into an engaging and informative narrative without masking the complexities of interpreting a period of enormous change.” — Journal of American History

“Well-written and superbly researched. . . . [Catholic and Feminist] takes religion seriously and demonstrates Catholicism as an active and underappreciated force in the history of American feminism.” — Maryland Historical Magazine

“This book is carefully researched and engagingly written and tells a story that needs to be told. This should be required reading for any history of Catholicism in the twentieth century, as well as the history of feminism.” — The Journal of Religion

“A noteworthy and exciting contribution to emerging studies on post-Vatican II Catholicism in America as well as gender studies and religion. . . . Catholic and Feminist is an important historical study that exposes the debates over social reform, power, politics, and religion.” — Church History

“A sympathetic, well-constructed history. . . . Scholars of the American women’s movement and the American Catholic Church will welcome this enlightening study.” — American Studies