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Let her speak for herself : nineteenth-century women writing on the women in Genesis

The women of Genesis intrigued and informed the lives of nineteenth-century women. These women read the biblical stories and looked for ways to expand, reinforce, or challenge traditional understanding of women's lives. They communicated their readings of Genesis using diverse genres ranging from poetry to commentary.
Print Book, English, ©2006
Baylor University Press, Waco, Tex., ©2006
xvii, 495 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9781932792539, 1932792538
234103063
Cover
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part 1: Eve
The Mother of Us All
1: Hannah Mather Crocker
2: Lucy Bartoa
3: Esther Hewlett Copley
4: Favell Lee Mortimer
5: Sarah Moore Grimke
6: Angelina Emily Grimke Weld
7: Catherine Hunt Putnam
8: E.C.C. Baillie
9: Cecil Frances (Fanny) Alexander
10: Sophia Goodrich Ashton
11: Christina Georgina Rossetti
12: Charlotte Maria Tucker (A.L.O.E.)
13: Sarah Town Martyn
14: Elizabeth Rundle Charles
15: Etty Woosnam
16: Ray Frank
17: Henriette Greenebaum Frank
18: Julia Wedgwood
19: Lillie Devereux Blake
20: Elizabeth Baxter
Conclusion
Part 2: Sarah
The First Mother of Israel
21: Sarah Trimmer
22: Frances Elizabeth King
23: Sarah Ewing Hall
24: Grace Aguilar
25: Rebekah Hyneman
26: Elizabeth Fries Ellet
27: Catherine Hunt Putnam
28: Sophia Goodrich Ashton
29: Harriet Beecher Stowe
30: Etty Woosnam
31: Julia Wedgwood
32: Clara Bewick Colby
33: Elizabeth Baxter
Conclusion
Part 3: Hagar
The Wanderer
34: Sarah Trimmer
35: Sarah Hall
36: Grace Aguilar
37: Penina Moise
38: Susan Warner
39: Charlotte Maria Tucker (A.L.O.E.)
40: Sarah Town Martyn
41: Harriet Beecher Stowe
42: Etty Woosnam
43: Mary Elizabeth Beck
44: Harriet Morton
45: M.G
46: Josephine Elizabeth Butler
47: Sarah Elizabeth Turnock
48: Eloise Alberta Bibb
49: Mary L.T. Witter
Conclusion
Part 4: Rebekah
Mother of Two Nations
50: Frances Elizabeth King
51: Lady Morgan
52: Grace Aguilar
53: Cecil Frances (Fanny) Alexander
54: Sarah Hale
55: Susan Warner
56: Etty Woosnam
57: Elizabeth Julia Hasell
58: Mary L.T. Witter
59: Mary Elizabeth Beck
60: M.G
61: Ada Ruth Habershon
Conclusion
Part 5: Leah and Rachel
Founders of the House of Israel
62: Adelaide O'Keefe
63: Mary Cornwallis
64: Sarah Hall
65: Grace Aguilar
66: Clara Lucas Balfour
67: Sarah Hale
68: Constance and Annie de Rothschild
69: Harriet Beecher Stowe
70: Leigh Norval
71: M.G
72: Elizabeth Baxter
73: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Clara Bewick Colby
Conclusion
Part 6: Lot's Wife and Daughters, Dinah, Tamar, and Potiphar's Wife
The Other Women of Genesis
74: Sarah Trimmer
75: Mary Cornwallis
76: Sarah Ewing Hall
77: Eliza Smith
78: S.G. Ashton
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