| Description |
ix, 305 p. : ill. |
| Series |
Gender in history
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Women in eighteenth-century Methodism -- Women preachers' place in a divided Methodism -- The heyday of female itinerancy -- Philanthropists, volunteers, fund-raisers, and local preachers -- Women as revivalists -- Women in missions at home and abroad -- Deaconesses, sisters of the people and the revival of female itinerancy. |
| Summary |
A response to the prominent Methodist historian David Hempton's call to analyse women's experience within Methodism, this book is the first to deal with British Methodist women preachers over the entire 19th century. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Methodist Church (Great Britain) -- Clergy -- History -- 19th century.
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Methodist women -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Great Britain -- Church history -- 19th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780719078859 (hbk.) |
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9781847793232 (electronic bk.) |
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