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Patriarchs and Politics: The Plight of the Mormon Woman

Author: Marilyn Warenski
ISBN #: 0070682704
Price: $12.00
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Publisher Location: New York
Book Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: good
Edition: First edition
Pub Date: 1978
shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book and jacket. First printing, no others noted. "Mormon Warenski examines the women of the Latter Day Saints from what she calls an ""academic and philosophical"" rather than a ""political"" perspective. The ""plight"" of these women, she contends, is to be torn between the dictates of a patriarchal and increasingly reactionary religion, which considers women as (at best) helpmates, and the stirrings of feminism, which Warenski oddly regards as a ""spiritual"" movement."--Kirku Reviews. Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!