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"Sisters of the Spirit... should interest a wider audience.... These fascinating accounts can stand on their own.... Mr. Andrews has made them even more accessible by providing a comprehensive introduction and helpful footnotes... but he does not intrude on the text itself." --New York Times Book Review
..". informative and inspiring reading." --The Journal of American Hist ...more
..". informative and inspiring reading." --The Journal of American Hist ...more
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256 pages
Published
July 1st 1986
by Indiana University Press
(first published January 1st 1986)
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This was slow reading at first...the writers of these memoirs were writing in the 19th century. The amazing part of all of this is that women of color learned to read and write...these skills were generally denied to any woman. God had his/her hand on these women who were called to preach and they never gave up.
These women always found a few good men to support and sponsor them; they worried about whether they were effective enough, they worried about their families...very real lives that we can ...more
These women always found a few good men to support and sponsor them; they worried about whether they were effective enough, they worried about their families...very real lives that we can ...more
Read this in English 43 taught by Professor Bill Cook.
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