Rebecca Janney Timbres Clark
Subtitle: turned in the hand of God
By: Lyndon S. Beck
Series: Pendle Hill pamphlet -- 393
Publisher: Pendle Hill Publications
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Wallingford, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9780875743936
Subjects: Quaker women; Biography; Reconstruction (1914-1939); Society of Friends; Missions; Quakers; Nurses; American Friends Service Committee
Other titles: Turned in the hand of God
Description: Rebecca Janney Timbres Clark led a remarkable life that spanned all of the twentieth century. This pamphlet explores one year in that life, the year when a young, sheltered Quaker from Baltimore took the first steps toward a career of service that would take her around the world. "The forging of a person's character takes a lifetime," writes Lyndon Back. "Yet there are periods along the way when outer circumstance and inner forces combine to form a crucible, a time of transformation. Rebecca's year as a volunteer for the American Friends Service Committee in Poland at the end of the First World War was one of those times. She was twenty-four years old, unmarried, and just out of nurses' training..." Based on diaries, letters, and other archival resources, a young woman's quest for faithfulness and meaning comes to life.--Publisher's description
Notes: "December 2007."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-36).