Prophetic Sisterhood: Liberal Women Ministers of the Frontier, 1880-1930

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 place in the liberal denominations of American religion.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025320822X
• ISBN13: 9780253208224
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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.