Sisters in the faith
Wergland, Glendyne R.
Sisters in the faith Shaker women and equality of the sexes / [electronic resource] : Glendyne R. Wergland. - Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (xiii, 228 p., [20] p. of plates :) ill. ; - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Shaker terminology -- Introduction -- Joining the Shakers. Ann Lee ; The short marriage of Mother Lucy Wright ; Why women joined the Shakers, 1780/1840 ; Shaker girlhood ; Chastity and the Shaker cap -- Work and worship. The world's views of Shaker sisters, 1782/1865 ; Work, reciprocity, equality, and union ; Gendered conflict among the Shakers ; Abuse by spirit messages during the era of manifestations ; The new Lebanon deaconesses' bonnet business, 1835/1850 -- Conclusions on Shaker equality of the sexes.
9781613760536 1613760531
Shakers--History.
Equality--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Shaker women--Religious life.
Electronic books.
BX9789.W7 / W47 2011
289/.8082
Sisters in the faith Shaker women and equality of the sexes / [electronic resource] : Glendyne R. Wergland. - Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (xiii, 228 p., [20] p. of plates :) ill. ; - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Shaker terminology -- Introduction -- Joining the Shakers. Ann Lee ; The short marriage of Mother Lucy Wright ; Why women joined the Shakers, 1780/1840 ; Shaker girlhood ; Chastity and the Shaker cap -- Work and worship. The world's views of Shaker sisters, 1782/1865 ; Work, reciprocity, equality, and union ; Gendered conflict among the Shakers ; Abuse by spirit messages during the era of manifestations ; The new Lebanon deaconesses' bonnet business, 1835/1850 -- Conclusions on Shaker equality of the sexes.
9781613760536 1613760531
Shakers--History.
Equality--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Shaker women--Religious life.
Electronic books.
BX9789.W7 / W47 2011
289/.8082