Mothers of feminism : the story of Quaker women in America

by Margaret Hope Bacon

Other authorsRosalie Blazej (Jacket designer)
Hardcover, 1986

Status

Available

Call number

B QUAKERS BAC

Tags

American Quakers, Anne Hutchinson, Mary Dyer, Ann Burden, Elizabeth Hooten, Joan Brocksopp, Mary Fisher, Sophia Hume, Elizabeth Harris, Margaret Fell, Elizabeth Leavens, Catherine Phillips, Jane Fenn, Elizabeth Webb

Collections

Your library, B - Biography - Quaker

Publication

San Francisco : Harper & Row, 1986.

Subjects

Quaker women United States History

ISBN

0062500430 / 9780062500434

Local notes

Inscription: donated by Barrie and Diana Pittock

Description

Tracing the roots of feminism in the Quaker tradition from the Reformation to the present, this study explores the Quaker religious practices that shaped the spiritual and social structure of both the Society of Friends and the feminist movement.

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LibraryThing member leslie.98
I don't read much non-fiction, but this history of Quaker women & their involvement in creating the suffragette movement is wonderful! Clear, well-written, and fascinating.

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B QUAKERS BAC

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