Journeys That Opened Up the World: Women, Student Christian Movements, and Social Justice, 1955-1975.(Book Review) From: International Bulletin of Missionary Research | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: Robert, Dana L. | COPYRIGHT 2006 Overseas Ministries Study Center. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Journeys That Opened Up the World: Women, Student Christian Movements, and Social Justice, 1955-1975.

Edited by Sara M. Evans. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers Univ. Press, 2003. Pp. x, 286. $62; paperback $24.95.

This powerful set of essays documents how the Student Christian Movements of the 1950s and 1960s provided leadership opportunities for American women students. At a time when males dominated both religious and secular student organizations, the YWCA, the...

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