Amish women play vital roles within their communities, balancing family responsibilities, spiritual duties, and community contributions. While their lives may seem different from those of women in ...

Amish country in Pennsylvania. “We choose to use a horse and buggy because it makes us slow down,” says one local.Credit: Rob Locke In a small room chilled to 12 degrees, three women wearing ...

Dr. Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar, a HBI Research Associate, is in the final stages of her completing her book, From Jerusalem to Lancaster County: Amish and Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Women in the Modern World.

No smartphones, no internet – and no electricity. Making butter with an American Amish community presented Sydney’s Pepe Saya ...

Stoltzfoos, one of 18 young women from around the district who work here, says she ­finished school at 14. Amish children typically attend school until they ­finish eighth grade, according to ...

She and her mother took their horse and buggy to make an uncommon trip seven miles away from their rural Amish community in Iowa. “We went to town to get feed for the horses and stuff at the ...

Unlike the Amish, Mennonite men do not wear beards. The fabrics worn by traditional Mennonite women typically have patterns and designs, in contrast to the plain fabrics of Amish women.