Quiet
Shouts
Stories of
Lancaster Mennonite Women Leaders
Comment: “I recognized in these
stories my own mentors and sisters. Give this book to
some young woman with stars in her eyes.” —Shirley
Hershey Showalter, President, Goshen College
“Wondrous ironies abound in these accounts of
women who exercised their gifts as leaders in a community
requiring submission. An inspiring collection.”
—Lee Snyder, President, Bluffton College
“Uncovers the significant contributions of
women who labored tirelessly in the shadows.” —Donald
B. Kraybill, Provost, Messiah College
Summary: Women leaders? Women
pastors? Women preachers? In many denominations, these
word pairs do not go together. Historically, this has
been true for Mennonites and for the Lancaster (Pa.)
Mennonite Conference.
Quiet Shouts, however, lyrically tells the
moving and sometimes haunting stories of
twentieth-century Lancaster Mennonite women who amid
constraints nevertheless found ways to share leadership
gifts. From Amanda Musselman to Sylvia Shirk Charles,
each has given energy and time to the Lancaster Mennonite
community and its missions.
The narratives and rhythms of Quiet Shouts
also reflect the experiences of women in many other
Mennonite communities as well as Christian denominations.
Each woman’s story is original and unusual. Each
also evokes and points toward the countless other stories
of women who have learned in such circumstances quietly
yet powerfully to shout.
The Author:
Louise Stoltzfus, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, born to Old
Order Amish, writes often about the Amish and Mennonites.
Her most recent book is Traces of Wisdom: Amish Women
and the Pursuit of Life’s Simple Pleasures
(Hyperion, 1998)
To
Herald Press web page for Quiet
Shouts
Publisher: Herald Press with Pandora Press U.S.
imprint
Available: July 1999
Pages: 248
Price: coming
Format: 5 3/8 x 8 1/4
ISBN: 0-8361-9116-1
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