1. Women, church and society in Australia in the last two hundred years : an overview -- 2. Women of
... courage and conviction: pioneers of the fisrt half century of european settlement -- 3. Paragons of virtue and mystery: clergy and bishops' wives in the Victorian era and beyond -- 4. The price of independence: the women of Roman Catholic orders, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- 5. Handmaids of the church, and more: laywomen of the Victorian era -- 6. Purposeful, undervalued Christian employment: women in non-Roman Catholic orders to 1914 -- 7. Undreant-of fulfilment: the role of the woman missionary to World War I -- 8. A worthy use of gifts of leadership: women missionaries between the wars -- 9. Paving the way for recognition: women in orders between the wars -- 10. Out of the cocoon: the role of laywomen between the wars -- 11. An era of greater freedom and creativity: women in orders, 1939 to the 1990s -- 12. An influence out of all proportion to their numbers: women missionaries, 1939 to the 1990s -- 13. Towards freedom, ecumenism and leadership: laywomen in the church, 1939 to the 1990s -- 14. The struggle for a share of leadership: the ordination issue, 1939 to the 1990s -- Conclusion. Read More