Daughters of light : Quaker women preaching and prophesying in the colonies and abroad, 1700-1775 /...
Daughters of light : Quaker women preaching and prophesying in the colonies and abroad, 1700-1775 /...
Daughters of light : Quaker women preaching and prophesying in the colonies and abroad, 1700-1775 / Rebecca Larson.
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Publisher
New York : Knopf, 1999.
Date
1999.
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T0383063
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 399 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. Beginnings -- 2. "Chosen Instruments": Identifying the Women Ministers -- 3. "Love Yt [That] Many Waters Cannot Quench": Women Ministers Travelling -- 4. "Dutiful Wives, Tender Mothers": The Family Roles of the Women Ministers -- 5. "In the Service of Truth": Impact of Women Ministers' Travels on...
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Publisher
New York : Knopf, 1999.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
"In this book, Rebecca Larson restores a group of remarkable women to the American historical landscape. From Ann Moore, whose religious vision impelled her to preach to the British military during the French and Indian War, advising them to rely not on physical weapons and warfare but upon God; to Mary Weston, whose visit in the 1750s to Charlesto...
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Daughters of light : Quaker women preaching and prophesying in the colonies and abroad, 1700-1775 / Rebecca Larson.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-380) and index.
Transferred from N289.673082/1.
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T0383063
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74VvEkgQRozy
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ISBN
0679437622 (alk. paper)
9780679437628 (alk. paper)
DDC
289.673082
MMS ID
991011731219702626
