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1 online resource (xiii, 228 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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monochrome |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-216) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Joining the Shakers -- Ann Lee -- The short marriage of Mother Lucy Wright -- Why women joined the Shakers, 1780-1840 -- Shaker girlhood -- Chastity and the Shaker cap -- pt. 2. Work and worship -- The world's views of Shaker sisters, 1782-1865 -- Work, reciprocity, equality, and union -- Gendered conflict among the Shakers -- Abuse by spirit messages during the era of manifestations -- The New Lebanon deaconesses' bonnet business, 1835-1850 -- Conclusions on Shaker equality of the sexes. |
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Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2014. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Summary |
In 1788, following the death of charismatic founder Mother Ann Lee, the celibate religious group known as the Shakers set out to institutionalize equality of the sexes in their theology, government, and daily practice. In this book, Glendyne Wergland evaluates how well they succeeded in that mission. |
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Drawing on an extensive archive of primary documents, Wergland discusses topics ranging from girlhood, health, and dress to why women joined the Shakers and how they were viewed by those outside their community. She analyzes the division of labor between men and women, showing that there was considerable cooperation and reciprocity in carrying out most tasksùfrom food production to laundering to gathering firewoodùeven as gendered conflicts remained. |
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In her conclusion, Wergland draws together all of these threads to show that Shaker communities achieved a remarkable degree of gender equality at a time when women elsewhere still suffered under the legal and social strictures of the traditional patriarchal order. In so doing, she argues, the experience of Shaker women served as a model for promoting women's rights in American political culture. --Book Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Shakers -- History.
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Shakers. |
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History. |
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Civil war -- Religious aspects -- Shakers. |
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Shakers. |
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Shaker women -- Religious life.
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Religious life. |
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Equality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Equality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
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Shaker women. |
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RELIGION -- General. |
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Frau. |
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Religiöses Leben. |
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Geschlechterrolle. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Title |
Shaker women and equality of the sexes |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Wergland, Glendyne R. Sisters in the faith. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2011 (DLC) 2010050041 (OCoLC)632133159 |
| ISBN |
9781613760536 (electronic book) |
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1613760531 (electronic book) |
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9781558498631 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781558498624 (library cloth) |
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1558498621 (library cloth) |
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155849863X |
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