Skip to main content
ACLS Humanities E-Book
Fulcrum logo

Share the story of what Open Access means to you

a graphic of a lock that is open, the universal logo for open access

University of Michigan needs your feedback to better understand how readers are using openly available ebooks. You can help by taking a short, privacy-friendly survey.

  1. Home
  2. Sisters in the faith: Shaker women and equality of the sexes

Sisters in the faith: Shaker women and equality of the sexes

Glendyne R. Wergland c2011 © University of Massachusetts Press
Restricted You do not have access to this book. How to get access.
Read Book
ISBN(s)
  • 9781613760536 (ebook)
  • 9781558498624 (hardcover)
  • 9781558498631 (paper)
Subject
  • Religion
Citable Link
  • Table of Contents

  • Reviews

  • Stats

  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments (page ix)
  • Preface (page xi)
  • Shaker Terminology (page xiii)
  • Introduction (page 1)
  • 1. Ann Lee (page 13)
  • 2. The Short Marriage of Mother Lucy Wright (page 29)
  • 3. Why Women Joined the Shakers, 1780-1840 (page 42)
  • 4. Shaker Girlhood (page 56)
  • 5. Chastity and the Shaker Cap (page 73)
  • 6. The World's Views of Shaker Sisters, 1782-1865 (page 87)
  • 7. Work, Reciprocity, Equality, and Union (page 102)
  • 8. Gendered Conflict among the Shakers (page 114)
  • 9. Abuse by Spirit Messages during the Era of Manifestations (page 128)
  • 10. The New Lebanon Deaconesses' Bonnet Business, 1835-1850 (page 148)
  • Conclusions on Shaker Equality of the Sexes (page 161)
  • Notes (page 175)
  • Index (page 217)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
CH 81.4 (2012): 1005-1007 http://www.jstor.org/stable/23358716
NR 16.4 (2013): 126-127 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/nr.2013.16.4.126
112 views since July 21, 2018
ACLS Humanities E-Book logo

ACLS Humanities E-Book

  • About HEB
  • Contact HEB
  • For Librarians
  • Subscriptions

Powered by Fulcrum logo

  • About
  • Blog
  • Feedback
  • Contact
  • Contribute
  • Accessibility
  • Preservation
  • Privacy
  • Terms of Service
  • Log In
© ACLS Humanities E-Book 2020
x This site requires cookies to function correctly.