Title Some wild visions : autobiographies by female itinerant evangelists in nineteenth-century America / Elizabeth Elkin Grammer

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (x, 211 pages) : illustrations Series Religion in America series Religion in America series (Oxford University Press) Summary A study of seven autobiographies by women who defied the domestic ideology of 19th-century America by serving as itinerant preachers. Literally and culturally homeless, all of them used their autobiographies to construct plausible identities as women and Christians Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-194) and index Notes Print version record Subject Women evangelists -- United States -- Biography -- History and criticism Autobiography -- Women authors. Women evangelists -- United States -- History -- 19th century Autobiography -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- 19th century Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century RELIGION -- Christianity -- History. Autobiography -- Religious aspects -- Christianity Autobiography -- Women authors Women and literature Women evangelists United States Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 1423762320 9781423762324 0195139615 9780195139617

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