num_pages: 256
description: "Sisters of the Spirit . . . should interest a wider audience. . . . These fascinating accounts can stand on their own. . . . Mr. Andrews has made them even more accessible by providing a comprehensive introduction and helpful footnotes . . . but he does not intrude on the text itself." ―New York Times Book Review" . . . informative and inspiring reading." ―The Journal of American HistoryJarena Lee, Zilpha Elaw, and Julia Foote underwent a revolution in their own sense of self that helped to launch a feminist revolution in American religious life and in American society as a whole.
language: English
title: Sisters of the Spirit: Three Black Women's Autobiographies of the Nineteenth Century
titlecomplete: Sisters of the Spirit: Three Black Women's Autobiographies of the Nineteenth Century (Religion in North America)
genres: American History, Race
ratings_count: 62
series: Religion in North America
publisher: Indiana University Press