{"product_id":"strangers-and-pilgrims-female-preaching-in-america-1740-1845-9780807847459","title":"Strangers and Pilgrims: Female Preaching in America, 1740-1845","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Catherine a. Brekus\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Women's Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMargaret Meuse Clay, who barely escaped a public whipping in the 1760s for preaching without a license; \"Old Elizabeth,\" an ex-slave who courageously traveled to the South to preach against slavery in the early nineteenth century; Harriet Livermore, who spoke in front of Congress four times between 1827 and 1844 -- these are just a few of the extraordinary women profiled in this, the first comprehensive history of female preaching in early America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on a wide range of sources, Catherine Brekus examines the lives of more than a hundred female preachers -- both white and African American -- who crisscrossed the country between 1740 and 1845. Outspoken, visionary, and sometimes contentious, these women stepped into the pulpit long before twentieth-century battles over female ordination began. They were charismatic, popular preachers, who spoke to hundreds and even thousands of people at camp and revival meetings, and yet with but a few notable exceptions -- such as Sojourner Truth -- these women have essentially vanished from our history. Recovering their stories, Brekus shows, forces us to rethink many of our common assumptions about eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614608703639,"sku":"9780807847459","price":4807.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780807847459.webp?v=1775094938","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/strangers-and-pilgrims-female-preaching-in-america-1740-1845-9780807847459","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}