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Daughters of Light: Quaker Women Preaching and Prophesying in the Colonies and Abroad, 1700-1775 is a book by Rebecca Larson, published in 1999.

Author
Rebecca Larson was born in 1959. She has a BA at the University of California, Santa Barbara and a Ph.D. at Harvard University. At the time of publication, she lived in Santa Barbara

Beginnings

 * Origins of Quakerism
 * George Fox and Quaker theology
 * Women as preachers
 * Quakerism's unity of genders
 * Spread of Quakerism
 * Critics of Quakerism
 * Quaker movement transformed
 * System of meetings: Extension of Quaker women's authority
 * Quaker survival in the world
 * Achievement of political tolerance
 * An emergence of Quaker transatlantic culture

"Chosen instruments": identifying the Women Ministers

 * Women ministers throughout the transatlantic Quaker community (comparing Jane Fenn, Catharine Payton and Abigail Craven)
 * The acknowledgement of Eighteenth-Century Quaker ministers
 * Patterns in women ministers' identities:
 * Religious background, Wealth and social status, Spiritual development, Call to the ministry, Literacy
 * Entrance into the public sphere

"Love yt [that] many waters cannot quench": Women ministers travelling

 * Increased numbers of women travelling
 * The "concern" to travel
 * The Atlantic voyage: Ocean crossing
 * Hazards at sea
 * On land: itineraries
 * Travel hazards on land
 * Guides and transport on land
 * Travelling companions
 * Travel accommodation
 * Communication during travel
 * Travel schedule
 * Travel changed the women ministers

"Dutiful wives, tender mothers": the family roles of women ministers

 * Marriage patterns
 * The ministers' spouses
 * Marital obligations of ministers
 * Women ministers' increased authority within the family
 * Women ministers' motherhood: family size
 * Women ministers' childcare
 * Quaker attitudes toward motherhood and child rearing
 * Quaker religious beliefs changed the family system

"In the service of Truth": Impact of women ministers' travels on the Transatlantic Quaker community

 * Visibility of women travelling minsyers in the Quaker community
 * Women minsters elevated as public figures
 * How womens' ministry influenced Quaker lives
 * Addressing regional dilemmas
 * Innovative stances
 * The need for reform
 * Leaders of reform
 * Reform and abolitionism
 * Reform and Indian rights
 * Reform and the marriage discipline
 * Reform increases the number of women's meetings
 * Impact of women preachers on Eighteen-Century Quakerism

From "Witches" to "Celebrated preachers": the non-Quaker response to women ministers

 * Quaker women preachers as public figures in non-Quaker culture
 * Historical reasons contributing to increased acceptance of Quakers in England
 * Historical reasons contributing to increased acceptance of Quakers in America
 * Changes within Quakerism
 * The role of gender
 * The ending of an era

Appendix 1 (p305-319): Individual descriptions of the transatlantic Ministers.
10-15 lines on each person:
 * Alice (Burton) Alderson (1678-1766):
 * Elizabeth (Sampson) (?) (Sullivan) Ashbridge (1713-1755):
 * Sarah (Payton) (Clarke) Baker (1669-1714):
 * Mary (Hogsflesh) Bannister (fl.. 1703)
 * Barbara Bevan (1682-1705)
 * Jane (Boid) (Atkinson) Biles (d. 1709)
 * Esther (Palmer) Champion (1678-1714)
 * Esther (Peacock) Clare (ca. 1675-1742)
 * Comfort (Stanyan) (Hoag) CoIIins (1711-1816)
 * Hannah (Dent) Cooper (d. 1754)
 * Margaret Copeland (1684-1759)
 * Jane (Rowlandson) Crosfield (1712-1784
 * Phebe (Willets) (Mott) Dodge (1699-1782)
 * Mary (?) Ellerton (d. 1736)
 * Margaret Ellis (d. 1765 in old age)
 * Alice (Featherstone) Hall (1708-1762)
 * Eliphal (Smith) (Perry) Harper (d. 1747):
 * Hannah (Featherstone) Harris (1708-1786)
 * Rebecca (Owen) (Minshall) Harvey (b. 1687-fl. 1751)
 * Jane (Fenn) Hoskins (1694-1764):
 * Sophia (Wigington) Home (1702-1774)
 * Mary (Goodwin) James (d. ca. 1776)
 * Elizabeth (?) Kay (d. 1713)
 * Mary (Ransom e) Kirby (1709-1779)
 * Mary (Payne) Leaver (1720-1789)
 * Margaret (Thomas) Lewis (1712-1789)
 * Susanna (Hudson) (Hatton) Lightfoot (1720-1781)
 * Ann (Herbert) Moore (1710-1783)
 * Elizabeth (Roberts) Morgan (1688-1777)
 * Elizabeth (Hudson) Morris (1722-1783)
 * Sarah Morris (1703-1775)
 * Susanna (Heath) Morris (1682-1755)
 * Mary (Peisley) Neale (1717-1757)
 * Esther (Palmer) Champion (1678-1714)
 * Esther (Peacock) Clare (ca. 1675-1742)
 * Comfort (Stanyan) (Hoag) Collins (1711-1816)
 * Sarah (Clements) Owen (fl. 1703)
 * Ann (Chapman) Parsons (1676-1732)
 * Mary (Morgan) Pennell (1678-1764)
 * Catharine (Payton) Phillips (1726-1794)
 * Elizabeth (Beck) Rawlinson (1670-1750)
 * Ann (Lewis) (Williams) (Bennett) Roberts (1678-1750)
 * Mary (Wheeler) Rogers (d. 1699)
 * Elizabeth (Levis) Shipley (1690-1777)
 * Ann (Waln) (Dillworth) Sibthorp (1654-1710)
 * Elizabeth Smith (1724-1772)
 * Margaret (Paine) Stones (d. 1740)
 * Rebecca (England) Turner (d. 1721)
 * Mary (Hayes) (Lewis) Waln (d. 1753)
 * Mary (Pace) Waring (1712-1776)
 * Abigail (Craven) (Boles) Watson (1684-1752)
 * Elizabeth Webb (1663-1727)
 * Elizabeth (Duckworth) Whartnaby (d. 1734)
 * Esther (Canby) (Stapler) White (1700-1777)
 * Elizabeth (Scot) Wilkinson (1712-1771)
 * Rachel (Wilson) Wilson (1720-1775)
 * Sarah (Goodwin) Worrell (d. 1775)

Appendix 2 (p320-333): Partial list of American Quaker Women Ministers active 1700-1775

 * Table with column headings Name, Husband, birth/death, Flourished, meeting location, birthplace.

Appendix 3 (p334): The number of deaths of Quaker Ministers in London Yearly Meeting

 * Number of deaths each decade of men and of women ministers