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More than a thousand Quaker female ministers were active in the Anglo-American world before the Revolutionary War, when the Society of Friends constituted the colonies' third-largest religious group. Rebecca Larson reconstructs the activities of these women and offers offers striking insights into the ways their public, authoritative role affected the formation of their identities, their families, and their society.Larson, Rebecca is the author of 'Daughters of Light Quaker Women Preaching and Prophesying in the Colonies and Abroad, 1700-1775' with ISBN 9780807848975 and ISBN 0807848972.
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