{"product_id":"strangers-and-pilgrims-female-preaching-in-america-1740-1845-9780807847459","title":"Strangers and Pilgrims: Female Preaching in America, 1740-1845","description":"Margaret Meuse Clay, who barely escaped a public whipping in the 1760s for preaching without a license; \"Old Elizabeth,\" an ex-slave who courageously traveled to the South to preach against slavery in the early nineteenth century; Harriet Livermore, who spoke in front of Congress four times between 1827 and 1844--these are just a few of the extraordinary women profiled in this, the first comprehensive history of female preaching in early America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on a wide range of sources, Catherine Brekus examines the lives of more than a hundred female preachers--both white and African American--who crisscrossed the country between 1740 and 1845. Outspoken, visionary, and sometimes contentious, these women stepped into the pulpit long before twentieth-century battles over female ordination began. They were charismatic, popular preachers, who spoke to hundreds and even thousands of people at camp and revival meetings, and yet with but a few notable exceptions--such as Sojourner Truth--these women have essentially vanished from our history. Recovering their stories, Brekus shows, forces us to rethink many of our common assumptions about eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCatherine A. Brekus teaches American religious history at the University of Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328628953362,"sku":"9780807847459","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_892b82d1-cdd5-417f-bef8-b8e91b2c3878.jpg?v=1727746042","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/strangers-and-pilgrims-female-preaching-in-america-1740-1845-9780807847459","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}