| Description |
xiii, 228 p., [20] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-216) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Subject |
Shaker women -- Religious life.
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Shakers -- History.
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Equality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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| Added Title |
Shaker women and equality of the sexes |
| ISBN |
9781558498631 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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155849863X |
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