TY - BOOK AU - Wergland,Glendyne R. ED - Project Muse. TI - Sisters in the faith: Shaker women and equality of the sexes SN - 9781613760536 AV - BX9789.W7 W47 2011 U1 - 289/.8082 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Amherst PB - University of Massachusetts Press KW - Shakers KW - History KW - Equality KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Shaker women KW - Religious life KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - 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 UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781613760536/ ER -