Women Aganist the Good War: Conscientious Objection and Gender on the American Home Front, 1941-1947 Pennsylvania Sommers' words hold gentle warmth

Sommers' words hold gentle warmth and wise nudging for readers tired of disjointed living

Brothers Hieronimus and Johannes Trautmann from Schriesheim

Discusses dramatic changes that affect Amish communities throughout North America when members of America's oldest Amish community enter non-farm work in one generation

or just across the street

and we are summoned to recognize that the gospel is reserved not simply for humanity

Women Aganist the Good War: Conscientious Objection and Gender on the American Home Front, 1941-1947 Pennsylvania Sommers' words hold gentle warmthDuring World War II, more than 12,000 male conscientious objectors seeking alternatives to military service entered Civilian Public Service to do forestry, soil conservation, or "other work of national importance." But this government sponsored, church supported program also attracted some 2,000 women most of whom were part of Mennonite, Amish, Brethren, or Quaker families with deeply held antiwar beliefs to 151 alternative service locations across