Women and spirituality in the writing of More, Wollstonecraft, Stanton and Eddy
By: Arleen  Ingham.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230102590
Subjects: More, Hannah, -- 1745-1833 -- Criticism and interpretation; Wollstonecraft, Mary, -- 1759-1797 -- Criticism and interpretation; Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, -- 1815-1902 -- Criticism and interpretation; Eddy, Mary Baker, -- 1821-1910 -- Criticism and interpretation; English prose literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; American prose literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Women's rights -- History -- 18th century; Women's rights -- History -- 19th century; Women's rights -- Religious aspects; Women and religion -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The female subject: forceful fathers, prescriptive pinnies and the reinforcing of female subjection; title: The religious is personal is political: corrupt politics, personal conversion and the reforming potential of spiritually-minded women; title: Education, sensibility and religion: intelligent intuitivism, fixed principles and a first cause; title: Woman's right to revelation: spiritual suffrage and the word of God; title: Woman, the elect of God?: slaves, salvation and matriarchal ministers.