Wergland, Glendyne R. <br/><br/>
Sisters in the faith  Shaker women and equality of the sexes /  [electronic resource] : 
 Shaker women and equality of the sexes 
Glendyne R. Wergland. 
 - Amherst :  University of Massachusetts Press,  ©2011. 
 - 1 online resource (xiii, 228 pages, [20] pages of plates) :  illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-216) and index. 
<br/><br/>pt. 1. Joining the Shakers -- Ann Lee -- The short marriage of Mother Lucy Wright -- Why women joined the Shakers, 1780-1840 -- Shaker girlhood -- Chastity and the Shaker cap -- pt. 2. Work and worship -- The world's views of Shaker sisters, 1782-1865 -- Work, reciprocity, equality, and union -- Gendered conflict among the Shakers -- Abuse by spirit messages during the era of manifestations -- The New Lebanon deaconesses' bonnet business, 1835-1850 -- Conclusions on Shaker equality of the sexes. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>[S.l.] : <br/>HathiTrust Digital Library, <br/>2011. 
<br/><br/><br/>Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. <br/>http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781613760536 1613760531 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>22573/ctt5n1c63  JSTOR 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Shakers--History.<br/>Shakers.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Shaker women--Religious life.<br/>Equality--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>RELIGION--General.<br/>Frau.<br/>Religiöses Leben.<br/>Geschlechterrolle.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX9789.W7  / W47 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>289/.8082