Prophetic Sisterhood: Liberal Woman Ministers of the Frontier, 1880-1930

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Book

Authors

Tucker ( Cynthia Grant Tucker )

Tags

spirituality, religion, liberal, women, feminism

Description

Documents the struggles of a courageous group of 19th-century women to find a place in the liberal denominations of American religion. Their questioning of traditional church roles led to the creation of a domestic ministry whose scope extended far beyond the pulpit to suffrage, social settlements, and the peace movement. Includes Florence Buck, Caroline Bartlett Crane, Eleanor Gordon, Marie Jenney Howe, Ida Hultin, Marion Murdock, Mary Safford, Eliza Wilkes, and Celia Parker Wooley.

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