Title: Women and spirituality in the writing of More, Wollstonecraft, Stanton, and Eddy /
Authors: Ingham, Arleen M., 1946-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2010
Subjects: More, Hannah, Criticism and interpretation.; Wollstonecraft, Mary, Criticism and interpretation.; Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, Criticism and interpretation.; Eddy, Mary Baker, Criticism and interpretation.; English prose literature Women authors History and criticism.; American prose literature Women authors History and criticism.; Women's rights History; Women's rights History; Women's rights Religious aspects; Women and religion History.
Contents: The female subject: forceful fathers, prescriptive pinnies, and the reinforcing of female subjection -- "The religious is personal is political": corrupt politics, personal conversion, and the reforming potential of spiritually minded women -- Education, sensibility, and religion: intelligent intuitivism, fixed principles, and a first cause -- Woman's right to revelation: spiritual suffrage and the word of God -- Woman, the elect of God?: slaves, salvation, and matriarchal ministers.