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Amish women and the feminist conundrumessay 1994 • Olshan, Marc Alan & Schmidt, Kimberly D.
Amish • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
Amish society is organized around preindustrial gender roles that for the most part have remained sheltered from the winds of feminism. At first glance Amish women appear to live under the domination of a male patriarchy legitimated by traditional re...