Prophetic Sisterhood

By Cynthia Grant Tucker

Book Overview

An account of Unitarian and Universalist clergywomen on the western frontier in the nineteenth century, this work documents the struggles of a courageous group of nineteenth-century women to find a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595006817
• ISBN13: 9780595006816
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Early pioneer professional women to be admired

This is a well told story how the earliest women ministers - there were many - accepted parishes in the "West" (now the Midwest) when clergymen preferred the comfort, money, and status of East Coast pastorates. These seminary-educated liberal women were very active ministers to their members covering largely rural areas. They networked with each other since support was nearly nonexistent from their Eastern headquarters.