Women, Religion and Feminism in Britain, 1750-1900

Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction: Women, Religion and Feminism, Past, Present and Future Perspectives; S.Morgan PART I: FEMALE EDUCATION AND MORAL REFORM 'A Singular Injustice Towards Women': Hannah More, Evangelicalism and Female Education; A.Stott Rational Religion and Feminism: The Challenge of Unitarianism in the Nineteenth Century; R.Watts 'At the Centre of the Circle whose Circumference Spans all Nations': Quaker Women and the Ladies Committee of the British and Foreign School Society, 1813-1837; J.Goodman & C.Leach PART II: SEXUALITY AND FEMALE FRIENDSHIPS 'The Gift of Love': Nineteenth Century Religion and Lesbian Passion; M.Vicinus 'Every Good Woman Needs a Companion of Her Own Sex': Quaker Women and Spiritual Friendship 1750-1850; S.Wright PART III: WOMEN WRITERS WITH CAUSES 'Afraid to be Singular': Marianne Farmington and the Role of Women, 1857-1909; L.Wilson Evangelicalism and Feminism: Josephine Butler, 1828-1906; H.Mathers Victorian Women with Causes: Writing, Religion and Action; S.Rickard Equal Questions: The 'Women Question' and the 'Drink Question' in the Writings of Clara Lucas Balfour, 1808-78; K.G.Doern PART IV: INDEPENDENT WOMEN MISSIONARIES Ministering Angels, not Ministers: Women's Involvement in the Foreign Missionary Movement c1860-1910; J.Rowbotham Medical Missions and the History of Feminism: Emmiline Stuart of the CMS Persia Mission; G.Francis-Dehqani Opportunities for Baptist Women and the 'Problem' of the Baptist Zenana Mission, 1867-1913; L.Lauer Index