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This book is the often-humorous, sometimes sad, story of a Connecticut Yankee family from the perspective of a great niece who was very involved in the everyday lives of her great aunts. It is autobiographical on her part and biographical on the part of the aunts of whom she writes.
About the Book Beginning with the story of the youngest sister, Grace, the book takes the different sisters through their life experiences with a bit of fictional license. About the Author Carol E. Plimpton is a Professor Emeritus from the University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Russel Sage College, a Master of Education degree from The Pennsylvania State University, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from The Ohio State University. She is the great-niece of the Harding Sisters.
"When people are committed to gender equality, what gets in their way of achieving it? Why do well-intentioned people reinforce sexist outcomes? Why does dissonance persist between organizational actors' good intentions of equality and sexist outcomes? This book provides answers to these questions by applying the critical lens of gendered organizations to moderate-liberal congregations that separated from their mainline denomination in support of women's equal leadership yet remain predominately male in positions of authority. This critical methodological study investigates congregations affiliated with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) with some dually aligned with The Alliance of Ba...