Rachel Tombs - Dunedin Deaconesses Talk
Presbyterian Research Network presents:
Dunedin Deaconesses
A talk by Rachel Tombs
Thursday 14 May, 5:30 pm
Seminar Room, KCML, Knox College, Dunedin
This presentation focuses on the Presbyterian Deaconess Movement in Dunedin between 1940 and 1974. It will explore the expectations, freedoms, and challenges of the deaconess role, and argue that the deaconesses were both a part of the established gender order and a challenge to it.
This lecture is co-sponsored by the Presbyterian Research Centre (PRC), in support of their Presbyterian Church Deaconess Collection, a UNESCO Memory of the World Collection. The talk is free and open to the public.
Preceded by refreshments from 5 pm. Any questions: Presbyterian Research Centre, 473 0775.