From Publishers Weekly
The considerable contribution of Quaker women to American society is explored here by a Haverford College professor. From their early history in the American colonies, shaped by their religious commitment to pacifism and mentored by prominent male Quakers, e.g., George Fox, William Penn, John Woolman, these women, shows Bacon, spread the gospel as they pioneered rights movements. In the vanguard of the antislavery thrust in the last century, their nonresistance stance, exemplified in the strategies of Lucretia Mott, Susan Anthony and others, bore fruit in women's suffrage. Contemporary Quaker women, nurtured in the tradition of sexual equality and egalitarian marriage, are at odds with radical feminism, Bacon maintains, but resilient in coping with change. This well-written study is complemented by photographs.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
Bacon considers the history of the Society of Friends in America a microcosm of the long struggle for gender equality in society at large. She studies the 340-year history of the Quaker experiment to find practical applications of William Penn's doctrine that "in souls there is no sex." Carefully researched and well documented, her book traces feminism within the Society of Friends from its roots in Britain. However, this is primarily a broad survey of the American movement; it examines early events and moves on rapidly through U.S. history up to Quaker feminist involvement in the 1980s. Though this is an excellent introduction to its topic, one could wish that greater depth had been possible. Recommended for college and large public libraries. Sheila R. Herstein, City Coll. of CUNY Lib.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
