Daughters of Light: Quaker Women Preaching and Prophesying in the Colonies and Abroad, 1700-1775 is a book by Rebecca Larson, published in 1999.Rebecca Larson Daughters of Light: Quaker Women Preaching and Prophesying in the Colonies and Abroad, 1700-1775, New York, Alfred A Knopf, 1999 . Paperback edition - University of North Carolina Press (September 2000) . This book should not be confused with Carol Lynn Pearson's novel: Daughters of Light (1973) It provides specific studies of 18th century women ministers, evidencing the progressive nature of Quaker views on women.
Author Rebecca Larson was born in 1959. She has a BA at the University of California, Santa Barbara and a Ph.D. at Harvard University. At the time of publication, she lived in Santa Barbara Author information from blurb on dust jacket, confirmed by Library of Congress catalogue entry.
Content In addition to the text, the book contains an appendix giving individual descriptions of the transatlantic Ministers, of about 10-15 lines on each person:
Alice (Burton) Alderson (1678-1766): Elizabeth (Sampson) (?) (Sullivan) Ashbridge (1713-1755):Etta M. Madden, 'Ashbridge, Elizabeth (1713–1755)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 8 May 2017 Sarah (Payton) (Clarke) Baker (1669-1714): Mary (Hogsflesh) Bannister (fl.. 1703) Barbara Bevan (1682-1705) Jane (Boid) (Atkinson) Biles (d. 1709) Esther (Palmer) Champion (1678-1714) Esther (Peacock) Clare (ca. 1675-1742) Comfort (Stanyan) (Hoag) CoIIins (1711-1816) Hannah (Dent) Cooper (d. 1754) Margaret Copeland (1684-1759) Jane (Rowlandson) Crosfield (1712-1784 Phebe (Willets) (Mott) Dodge (1699-1782) Mary (?) Ellerton (d. 1736) Margaret Ellis (d. 1765 in old age) Alice (Featherstone) Hall (1708-1762) Eliphal (Smith) (Perry) Harper (d. 1747): Hannah (Featherstone) Harris (1708-1786) Rebecca (Owen) (Minshall) Harvey (b. 1687-fl. 1751) Jane (Fenn) Hoskins (1694-1764): Sophia (Wigington) Hume (1702-1774) Mary (Goodwin) James (d. ca. 1776) Elizabeth (?) Kay (d. 1713) Mary (Ransome) Kirby (1709-1779) Mary (Payne) Leaver (1720-1789) Margaret (Thomas) Lewis (1712-1789) Susanna (Hudson) (Hatton) Lightfoot (1720-1781) Ann (Herbert) Moore (1710-1783) Elizabeth (Roberts) Morgan (1688-1777) Elizabeth (Hudson) Morris (1722-1783) Sarah Morris (1703-1775) Susanna (Heath) Morris (1682-1755) Mary (Peisley) Neale (1717-1757)Mary (Peisley) Neale: article in ODNB by Peter Lamb, 'Peisley, Mary (1718–1757)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2006 accessed 24 June 2010 Esther (Palmer) Champion (1678-1714) Esther (Peacock) Clare (ca. 1675-1742) Comfort (Stanyan) (Hoag) Collins (1711-1816) Sarah (Clements) Owen (fl. 1703) Ann (Chapman) Parsons (1676-1732) Mary (Morgan) Pennell (1678-1764) Catharine (Payton) Phillips (1726-1794) Elizabeth (Beck) Rawlinson (1670-1750) Ann (Lewis) (Williams) (Bennett) Roberts (1678-1750) Mary (Wheeler) Rogers (d. 1699) Elizabeth (Levis) Shipley (1690-1777) Ann (Waln) (Dillworth) Sibthorp (1654-1710) Elizabeth Smith (1724-1772) Margaret (Paine) Stones (d. 1740) Rebecca (England) Turner (d. 1721) Mary (Hayes) (Lewis) Waln (d. 1753) Mary (Pace) Waring (1712-1776) Abigail (Craven) (Boles) Watson (1684-1752)Abigail (Craven) (Boles) Watson: ODNB article by Peter Lamb, 'Watson, Abigail (1685–1752)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004 accessed 24 June 2010 Elizabeth Webb (1663-1727) Elizabeth (Duckworth) Whartnaby (d. 1734) Esther (Canby) (Stapler) White (1700-1777) Elizabeth (Scot) Wilkinson (1712-1771) Rachel (Wilson) Wilson (1720-1775)Rachel (Wilson) Wilson: ODNB article by John S. Andrews, 'Wilson, Rachel (1720–1775)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004 accessed 24 June 2010 Sarah (Goodwin) Worrell (d. 1775)
Reviews The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 124, No. 3,(July, 2000), pp. 437-439: Review by Jean R Soderlund (Subscription access) William & Mary Quarterly Vol. 59 No. 2 (April 2001)-taster of first 3 paragraphs - subscription needed for whole article)
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