Female Friends and the Making of Transatlantic Quakerism, 1650-1750

by Naomi Pullin

Book Overview

Quaker women were unusually active participants in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century cultural and religious exchange, as ministers, missionaries, authors and spiritual leaders. Drawing upon documentary evidence, with a focus on women's personal writings and correspondence, Naomi Pullin explores the lives and social interactions of Quaker women in the British Atlantic between 1650 and 1750. Through a comparative methodology, focused on Britain and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316649628
• ISBN13: 9781316649626
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"