WOMEN
(See also Abortion; Childbearing; Daughters; Jehovah’s Woman; Menopause; Menstruation; Mothers; Pregnancy; Sisters; Virgins; Widows; Wives; Woman [Revelation 12]; women by name)
(Note centered heading below: Christian Congregation)
abuse: mrt article 89
disrespect: g92 7/8 3-11
domestic violence: mrt article 16; g 4/13 8-11; g 12/12 28; g05 8/8 6-7, 9; g02 6/8 30; g02 6/22 30; g02 7/8 30; g02 12/22 28-29; g01 11/8 3-12; g95 4/22 5; g95 8/22 28; g92 7/8 4-6, 8
sexual abuse: mrt article 89; wp16.4 10
sexual abuse as children: mrt article 89; g92 4/8 24-27; g91 10/8 3-11
violence: g 9/14 3; g 1/08 3; g99 6/8 29; g97 1/8 31; g96 12/8 28; g94 6/22 28
adornment: it-1 51-52; it-2 560, 1197; w07 2/15 21; g05 10/8 26-27; w91 3/15 30; w91 6/1 30-31; w91 8/15 28; rs 435
Africa:
superior load-bearers: g96 4/8 29
after World War II: g95 9/8 6-7
alcohol:
effect: g90 6/8 29
American Indians: g96 9/8 9
appreciation for Awake! articles on: g98 12/22 30; g93 5/22 30
appreciation for women: g98 4/8 7-11
no effective development strategy without women (quote): g05 2/22 5
athletes:
pregnancy used for advantage: g89 3/8 27; g89 11/8 10; g88 11/22 29-30
attitude toward women: w21.02 2, 11; w12 9/1 4; g98 4/8 3; g86 12/22 8
Asia: g01 7/8 28; g96 7/22 28; g93 10/8 28-29
developing nations: w95 6/15 32; g93 9/22 28
barrenness: it-1 257-258
beauty: w89 2/1 3-5; w87 5/15 29
emotional effect of photos of thin models: g 2/08 29
Bible examples: ijwbq article 161; w21.05 32; w14 8/15 8-9; w03 11/1 8-14, 17; w91 7/1 12-16
Bible times: it-2 1195-1198
causes for reproach: it-2 779
concubines: it-1 495-496
cosmetics: it-1 514-515; w12 12/1 24-26
Court of Women (Herod’s temple): it-2 543, 1080, 1122-1123; jy 162; gt chapter 68; w88 5/1 8; w87 12/1 28-29
daughters: it-1 584-585
daughters-in-law: it-1 585
dress and grooming (Greece): g95 3/8 21-24
hair: it-1 1020-1021
headdress: it-1 654, 1053-1054
homelife: w10 2/1 8-10
in genealogies: it-1 911
Jewish traditions: ijwbq article 122; cl 152; w12 9/1 10; w99 9/1 30; w95 7/15 15-16, 18-19; w87 4/15 16
Jewish view: cf 141; cl 155; w12 9/1 7-8; ct 149; w91 7/1 12-14
pre-Christian: w95 7/15 10-15
“principal women” (Ac 17:4): w12 6/1 19
treatment in pagan nations: w91 7/1 8
Bible usage:
form of address: w16.11 3
Bible view: it-2 1195-1197; w14 8/15 6-10; w12 9/1 4-7; g 1/08 4-7; w07 1/15 4-6; re 49-50; g05 11/8 18-19; w03 11/1 8-18; w95 7/15 10-20; g94 10/8 19-21; w91 7/1 8-19; rs 431-435; g88 7/22 8; w86 9/1 14-16
biological clock:
use in planning day: g90 6/8 15-16
breast cancer:
best survival age: g87 2/8 29
first-person account: g86 10/8 14-15
methods of early diagnosis: g86 10/8 11, 13
Catholic view:
ordination of women: g88 8/22 27
cervical cancer:
who are at risk: g89 4/22 29
“circumcision”: w06 1/1 27-28; g05 2/22 8; g97 10/8 28; g97 12/8 29; g93 4/8 20-23
clothing:
Bible view: it-1 655
kaba (lappa, genwu) (Africa): g97 9/8 24-25
sari: g88 7/8 22-24
compassion of women: g98 4/8 9-10
creation: it-2 1195; w14 8/15 6-7; w00 11/15 25; w89 8/1 17-19
‘complement of man’ (Ge 2:18): w12 9/1 4-5; w12 10/1 25; w07 1/15 3; g05 2/22 10-11; w95 7/15 10-11; rs 431
from rib of man (Ge 2:21, 22): it-1 352; it-2 803; w11 1/1 7; w09 9/1 13
‘helper for man’ (Ge 2:18): w23.12 23; w95 7/15 10-11
“let us make man in our image” (Ge 1:26): ijwbv article 27
crime by: g96 8/8 28
crime victims: g90 10/22 28
desirable qualities: w04 4/15 9-11; w89 7/1 25-27
balance in using: w99 12/1 29
developing nations: g91 1/8 28
employment: g87 12/8 3; g86 5/22 9-11
pregnancy-related deaths: g 5/11 29; g94 3/8 29; g91 5/22 28-29; g90 11/8 29
treatment: g93 9/22 28
discrimination against: g 7/13 3; w12 9/1 3, 7; g98 4/8 3-5, 12; g98 11/22 8-9; g97 4/8 31
human rights report: w95 6/15 32
discussion: it-2 1195-1199; w12 9/1 3-11; w95 7/15 10-20; rs 431-435
divorce:
for “liberation”: g86 10/8 29-30
whether to prepare for possibility of: w88 5/15 7
driving automobiles: g93 12/22 29
education: w12 9/1 6; g98 4/8 10; w87 8/15 3-4
effect of unemployment: g93 5/22 29
employment (paid): w08 2/1 28-31; g02 4/8 5-7; g98 4/8 7-8; g92 10/22 28; w87 8/15 4-6
ads luring young women: g02 2/22 8; g98 10/8 29
bringing children to work: g91 1/22 28
changes effected by liberation movement: g88 7/22 4
detectives: g93 8/8 28
disrespect for women: g92 7/8 9-11
earnings: g88 7/22 6
effect on children: g86 6/22 21-22
effect on family relationships: g05 4/8 6; w87 8/15 5-6
hours per week: g95 12/8 28
housework after workday: g 1/10 3
maintaining integrity: w87 3/15 4-7
mothers having preschool children: g87 12/8 3
number employed (U.S.): g92 11/8 28
number employed (U.S. and Europe): g98 4/8 29
respect for women: g92 7/8 14-15
romantic advances at place of: yb08 23; jd 94; w02 8/15 22; w87 9/15 14
sexual harassment: ijwbq article 62; g96 5/22 3-10; g93 9/8 28; g92 7/8 9-10
why they work: g89 3/22 28; g86 5/22 9-10; g86 6/22 22-23
wives: w87 8/15 5-6
example for angels: lv 211-212; w09 5/15 24; rs 433-434
examples (modern day): w03 11/1 14-18; w91 7/1 16-19
experiences:
army sergeant: ijwcl article 19; mrt article 100
attracted by Christian treatment of women: g98 4/8 14
Awake! issue sent to women’s organizations: yb99 25
branch office construction: g99 6/22 26-27; yb94 28; yb89 23
chasteness rewarded: yb88 44-45
honesty rewarded: yb88 44
in prison for murder: w02 2/1 27-28
Kingdom Hall construction: yb06 219; g00 2/8 30
printing under ban: yb03 114-115, 118
working in bindery under ban: w93 7/1 29
femininity: w97 6/15 14-19
Flapper Age: g90 12/8 27
future: g98 4/8 12-14
God’s purpose for: it-2 1195; w86 9/1 14
Greek word: it-2 1195
guns: g89 8/22 28
designer guns: g90 5/22 6-8
increase: g90 5/22 6-7
hair: it-1 1053-1054
Christian view: it-1 1021
head covering:
at Bible studies: lvs 244; w15 2/15 30; lv 210; km 11/13 2; km 3/05 4
conducting meetings for field service: km 3/15 6; lv 210
illustration of being shaved, shorn (1Co 11): it-1 246
sign-language interpreting at meetings: w09 11/15 12-13
when not required: lv 210-211
headdress (1Co 11:15): it-1 654, 1053-1054
headship over: it-1 1054; rs 432
health: g98 4/8 10-11
danger of being too thin: g92 4/8 30
danger of excessively hard workouts: g05 6/22 29
danger of frequent pregnancy with poor nutrition: g87 7/8 29
exercise reduces risk of endometriosis: g86 9/8 29
heart disease: g01 6/8 29; g99 9/8 28; g98 12/8 28
heeding warning signs: g91 10/8 21-23
height and weight table: g89 5/22 7
lung cancer: g01 6/8 29
papillomavirus infection: g05 6/22 21-23
tuberculosis: g99 1/8 28
Hebrew word: it-2 1195; rs 431
hot flashes: g 11/13 12-13; g95 2/22 8-9
household management: g90 6/8 14-16
housework:
energy expended: g93 11/22 28-29
women and men compared: g96 6/8 28
working couples: g95 7/8 29
improved role in modern times: g88 7/22 3-4; w87 8/15 3-7
inequalities in treatment of men and: g92 7/8 3
intuition: g92 3/22 17-18
Jehovah compares self to women: w95 7/15 13
Jehovah’s concern for: w12 9/1 5-7; g 1/08 6; g98 4/8 13; w86 9/1 16
Jehovah’s treatment of: w24.01 15-18; w24.12 31; w95 7/15 13-14
Jehovah’s view of: mrt article 89
Jesus’ dealings with: cf 141-142; cl 155; w20.09 20-21, 23; w19.05 5; it-2 1197-1198; w12 9/1 8-11; w10 5/15 9; w08 12/1 6; g 1/08 4-5; g05 11/8 19; w03 8/15 7-8; g00 4/22 15; w99 9/1 30-31; g98 4/8 13; w95 7/15 15-18; w91 7/1 14-15; w86 12/1 13-14
heals Phoenician woman’s daughter: jy 138; w14 12/15 18; w10 10/15 4-5; w08 5/1 23; w03 8/15 25-26; gt chapter 57; w88 5/15 12; w87 11/15 8-9; w86 12/1 13-14
heals woman bent double: w25.01 3; jy 184-185; gt chapter 79; w88 10/15 8-9
heals woman’s flow of blood: w19.09 20-21, 25; w16.11 3; w15 1/1 11-12; w15 2/15 13; w15 6/15 10-11; jy 116; w10 5/15 9; w10 8/15 29-30; w09 9/15 9; g 1/08 4-5; w03 8/15 25; w02 8/15 13; w01 12/15 19-20; w98 8/1 11; w96 9/1 16; w95 7/15 16; gt chapter 46; w87 6/1 24-25
Mary and Martha: w20.09 21, 24; jy 174, 212; ia 172-175; w11 4/1 11-13; gt chapters 74, 90; w88 8/1 8
resurrection appearances: ijwia article 6; w20.01 2; w12 9/1 10; g 1/08 5; w95 7/15 16-18
resurrects widow’s son: w23.04 5-6; cf 155-156; jy 94-95; w08 3/1 23; w07 5/1 6; w05 5/1 6; lr 185-186; gt chapter 37; w86 12/15 8
Samaritan woman at well: cf 40, 77, 79, 81; lmd lesson 1; w18.06 10-11; mwb18.09 3; lfb 182-183; jy 48, 50-51; w09 8/15 9; g 1/08 4; my story 90; w99 6/15 22-23; ct 147-149; w97 2/1 31; w95 7/15 15; kl 43-45; w93 1/1 24-25; gt chapter 19; w89 8/1 5; w88 5/15 12-13; w87 4/15 16; w86 1/1 8-9; w86 1/15 24-25
“woman, why is that of concern?” (Joh 2:4): w14 5/1 13; w08 4/15 31; w06 12/1 30-31; w00 9/15 11
woman who washed Jesus’ feet with tears: cf 142; it-1 1178; jy 100; w10 8/15 6-7; w03 8/1 29-30; g02 3/8 27; w01 12/15 16-17; w99 10/15 12; gt chapter 40; w87 2/1 8-9
Jesus’ teachings on:
divorce: w18.12 11-13; w95 7/15 18-19
“large army” (Ps 68:11): w14 8/15 10; w91 1/1 23; w86 10/15 30
Law covenant: mwb21.07 10; it-2 1183; w12 9/1 5-7; w07 1/15 4-5; w91 7/1 11-12; w86 9/1 15-16
divorce: w19.02 21; it-1 640
Hebrew slaves: it-2 978
inheritance laws: it-1 585, 1199-1200; it-2 297, 508, 1228; w12 9/1 7; w96 11/15 26-27
seduced virgin: it-2 1158; w89 11/15 31
sex during menstruation: it-2 372; w89 6/1 14
vows: it-2 1162
wife accused of adultery: it-1 494, 1261; it-2 234-235, 342, 1094
wife accused of not being virgin: it-1 271-272, 494; it-2 234, 341-343
legal rights: g92 7/8 11
liberation movement: w07 2/15 18; g04 3/22 7; g88 7/22 3-8; w87 8/15 3-7; w86 7/1 5
beginnings: g95 9/8 6-7; g88 7/22 3
changes effected: g88 7/22 3-4
costs: g88 7/22 5-6
effects of divorce for “liberation”: g86 10/8 29-30
elders watchful of trends in congregation: re 50
future of: g88 7/22 8
identity crisis: g88 7/22 6-8
National Organization of Women endorses lesbianism: w87 8/15 6
nongender terms for God promoted by: w88 2/15 21; g88 7/22 5
promotion of female-oriented worship: w91 7/1 7
religions swapped: g89 10/22 29
view of Bible: g88 7/22 5
life expectancy:
Asia: g94 2/22 28
increasing: g97 4/8 31
increasing in England and Wales: g86 8/22 30
longer than men: g87 9/22 29-30
life span:
reduced by poor nutrition with frequent pregnancy: g87 7/8 29
world’s oldest person: w10 12/1 12-13; g98 2/22 28
listening ability: g01 8/8 29
literacy: g98 4/8 10
loneliness: w02 3/15 26-28; g93 9/22 3-4
magazines for: g04 8/8 25-27
menopause: g 11/13 12-13; g95 2/22 3-11
ministers: w87 8/15 4
Bible view: bt 177; it-2 1197; g 7/10 28-29; w89 3/1 6; rs 432-433; g87 7/8 22-23
Catholic view: g88 8/22 27
Presbyterian view: g92 1/22 28
sexual harassment of: g91 6/22 29
moral strength: g92 7/8 16
music:
women in orchestras: w87 8/15 4
not cursed: ijwbq article 167
number of women: g96 7/22 28
nutrition: g98 4/8 10-11
during pregnancy: g87 7/8 29
need for milk in youth: g86 2/8 31
oppression: rs 431
osteoporosis: g 6/10 19-21; g02 5/8 28; g02 11/22 28; g97 6/8 16-17
benefits of exercise: g96 1/8 29
value of manganese: g90 7/8 28
politics: w87 8/15 3-4
pornography for: g04 8/22 29; g99 1/22 29
poverty: g98 4/8 4, 8
priests:
Anglican view: g95 3/8 28; g95 7/22 20; g93 8/22 19; g93 9/8 9
Catholic view: g95 3/8 28
profanity: g96 8/8 28
quality of life: g98 4/8 3-5; g91 10/8 29
improving one’s: g98 4/8 10-11
respect for:
appreciation for Awake! articles on: g03 10/8 31; g93 1/8 30
lacking: g92 7/8 3-11
showing: g92 7/8 12-17
role in showing hospitality: w86 1/15 21-22
sex:
change in attitude in world: g97 6/8 6
consideration by husband: it-2 372; w89 5/15 13; w89 6/1 14
consideration for husband: w89 5/15 19
during menstruation: it-2 372; w89 6/1 14
pressured into sexual activity: g00 5/22 28
sexual response: w15 1/15 27; yp 190
survey on extramarital: w86 11/15 10
shoes: g03 3/8 21; g97 10/8 26-27; g90 12/8 25-27
smoking: g98 4/8 11
advertising targets women: g95 5/22 3-4; g93 5/22 28; g89 7/8 7-8; g88 2/8 7
death rate: g96 4/22 28
effect of husbands’: g86 1/22 31
effect on babies: g86 7/22 14
effect on babies in womb: g89 7/8 5; g88 8/22 14; g87 6/22 17; g86 7/22 14; g86 9/8 11
effect on children: g87 6/22 17; g86 7/22 14
effect on health: g95 5/22 4; g90 3/22 28; g89 7/8 4-5; g88 8/22 14; g88 12/22 29; g86 7/22 13
effect on husband: g86 7/22 13-14
risk of cancer: g89 7/22 28
‘strange, foreign woman’ (Pr 2:16-19; 5:3): w06 9/15 17; w99 11/15 27
suicide:
contributing factors: g97 3/8 28-29
surveys:
happiness and weight loss: g90 12/22 4
how much they would pay to be young again: g89 4/8 30
sex outside marriage: w86 11/15 10
symbolic: it-2 1198-1199
144,000 ‘not defiled with women’ (Re 14:4): it-2 1199
arrayed with sun (Re 12): it-2 675-676, 1198; kr 50; re 177-180, 183-186; pe 117; w88 12/15 14
“barren woman” (Isa 54:1-17): ip-2 215-230
“desire of women” (Da 11:37): it-2 1199; dp 276
“free woman” (Ga 4:30, 31): it-1 872; w15 3/15 17; w06 3/15 11
Genesis 3:15: w22.07 15-16; it-1 521-522; it-2 1198; w12 6/15 8; w09 5/15 22; re 10-12; w99 4/15 10-11; w96 6/1 9-11; gm 158; pe 116-117
in ephah container (Zec 5): w17.10 24-25
“Jerusalem above” (Ga 4:26): w24.07 30-31; it-1 872; it-2 1198; re 178; ip-2 216; ws 77-78, 90-92
Lamb’s wife (Re 21): ijwbq article 145; w22.05 17; w10 7/15 5; w07 2/15 13; re 275-278, 301, 305-313; ws 96-97
‘pressing around a man’ (Jer 31:22): it-2 1199
sheds forth light (Isa 60): w24.07 30-31; re 309-310
“stupid woman” (Pr 9:13-18): w23.06 22-24; w01 5/15 30-31
“that woman Jezebel” (Re 2:20): it-2 76; re 48-54; w03 5/15 16; w90 4/1 30
“true wisdom” (Pr 9:1-6): w23.06 23-25
two inviting the inexperienced for a meal (Pr 9): w23.06 21-25; w23.12 30
two with wings like a stork’s (Zec 5): it-2 1039; w17.10 24-25
violence by women:
gangs: g96 10/22 31
increase: g96 2/22 28
“way of a man with a young woman” (Pr 30:19): w25.09 31
“weaker vessel” (1Pe 3:7): w05 3/1 17-18; kl 143-144; g95 4/22 30; g94 10/8 19-21
‘wise woman builds up house’ (Pr 14:1): w04 11/15 26; w97 3/15 14
work: g98 4/8 4-5, 7-11
Africa: g98 4/8 6
‘women’s work’: w21.02 4-5
Christian Congregation
appreciation for women: w24.01 18; w21.02 14-15; w20.08 21-22; w20.09 23-24; re 49-50; km 2/00 1; w95 7/15 15-20
attitude toward position: w94 9/1 27
becoming mature women: w23.12 18-23
conducting Bible studies: lvs 244; w15 2/15 30; lv 210; km 3/05 4; w02 7/15 27; w89 3/1 6; rs 434
congregations having no brothers: od 67; yb02 172-173
counsel from, valuable: scl 27
cultivating godly qualities: w23.12 18-20
discussion: it-2 1196-1197; w07 1/15 5-6; w03 11/1 13-18; w91 7/1 15-19; w89 5/15 20; rs 432-434; g87 7/8 22-23; w86 9/1 16
elders’ dealings with: w24.01 17-18; w20.09 22-25; w16.11 3; w95 7/15 16, 18, 20; w91 11/15 21-22
elders’ wives: w95 10/1 15; w89 5/15 20
field ministry: it-2 1196-1197
head covering: w21.02 16; it-1 217, 1021, 1051-1054; lvs 54, 244; lv 44, 209-212; w02 7/15 26-27; w02 8/15 29; rs 433-434
heavenly calling: it-2 1196; w91 7/1 19
helping other sisters: w19.05 16-17; w95 10/1 16; w90 3/15 28
how others can help: w20.09 20-25
how sisters can reach out: mwb21.11 9
improper feminine influence: re 48-51, 53-54
“kept safe through childbearing” (1Ti 2:15): w17.06 6; w08 9/15 30; w05 5/1 29; w91 1/15 30
meetings where no brothers are present: od 67; sg 10
moving to serve in foreign land: km 8/11 4-5
not appointed to teach congregation: it-1 685; it-2 1073, 1197; g 7/10 29; rs 433
not overseers, ministerial servants: it-2 1197
Paul’s view: w03 11/1 14; g94 7/8 12-13; w91 7/1 15-16
Phoebe “a minister” (Ro 16:1): it-2 635, 1197; g 7/10 28
prophesying: it-2 698
recognizing headship: it-1 1052-1054; it-2 221-222; w07 2/15 19-20; om 15
whether every brother is head of every sister: w21.02 15-16
responsibilities: w94 6/15 20-21
speaking at meetings: it-2 1197; w12 9/1 9; w07 1/15 4; w06 3/1 28-29; w89 3/1 6; rs 433
speaking up for: w20.09 24-25
subjection: it-1 1054; g05 11/8 19; si 252-253
“teachers of what is good” (Tit 2:3): it-2 1074; w99 3/15 11
treatment of women: w24.01 15-18; mwb21.07 11
when men show interest in Bible: km 8/09 4; km 5/97 2; w92 7/1 31