Daughters of light : Quaker women preaching and prophesying in the colonies and abroad, 1700-1775
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Published
New York : Knopf, 1999.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
0679437622, 9780679437628
Physical Desc
x, 399 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Published
New York : Knopf, 1999.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
0679437622, 9780679437628
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-380) and index.
Description
Daughters of Light by Rebecca Larson is a startling reassessment of the place of women in American colonial history. Larson's story of 18th-century Quaker women describes women's power in popular reform movements of that era, and explores Quaker women's redefinitions of marriage and motherhood. Colonial Quakers, like their contemporary descendants, believed that "the Holy Spirit had been planted in the hearts of all humans to inwardly teach them." Although Quakers had strict rules regarding women's dress, language, and behavior, Quaker women were never denied their claims of a direct connection to God. (Their Puritan sisters, by contrast, practiced a religion that idealized female submission in both the earthly and spiritual realms.) So when Quaker women believed they were called to preach--in meeting houses, courthouses, and private homes; to other Quakers, to Native Americans, and to ecumenical audiences; in the West Indies, England, Europe, and the American colonies--they were given the freedom to do so. All domestic duties were configured to account for divine demands. (The Spirit leading Quaker women, as one wrote, "was to me like a needle of a compass ... for so it pointed where I ought to go.".).
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Larson, R. (1999). Daughters of light: Quaker women preaching and prophesying in the colonies and abroad, 1700-1775 (First edition.). Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Larson, Rebecca, 1959-. 1999. Daughters of Light: Quaker Women Preaching and Prophesying in the Colonies and Abroad, 1700-1775. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Larson, Rebecca, 1959-. Daughters of Light: Quaker Women Preaching and Prophesying in the Colonies and Abroad, 1700-1775 Knopf, 1999.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Larson, Rebecca. Daughters of Light: Quaker Women Preaching and Prophesying in the Colonies and Abroad, 1700-1775 First edition., Knopf, 1999.
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