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Social Justice from Outside the Walls
Catholic Women in Memphis, 1950–1970
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2023
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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.
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Copyright year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-6669-2228-8
ISBN-Online
978-1-6669-2229-5
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
200
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Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
List of Abbreviations No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 12
Chapter 1: The Little Way: Catholic Foundations for Social Justice No access Pages 13 - 34
Chapter 2: “The Colored Harvest”1: Black and Catholic No access Pages 35 - 56
Chapter 3: The Outer Circle: Catholic Workers and Catholic Action No access Pages 57 - 76
Chapter 4: Opening Just One Door: Social Justice, Race, and Reaction No access Pages 77 - 106
Chapter 5: Catholic Action: Putting Vatican II into Practice No access Pages 107 - 144
Chapter 6: White Gloved Radicals: Expanding the Mission No access Pages 145 - 168
