tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post114819459736201136..comments2024-01-29T06:02:39.583-08:00Comments on Suzanne's Bookshelf: The Feminists of the 1800'sSuzanne McCarthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07033350578895908993noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-1148352389716969552006-05-22T19:46:00.000-07:002006-05-22T19:46:00.000-07:00Thanks for this tip. I didn't know Frances Willard...Thanks for this tip. I didn't know Frances Willard. I am reading a wonderful book about the early Baptist women missionaries right now. I will try to share.Suzanne McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033350578895908993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-1148311764076712972006-05-22T08:29:00.000-07:002006-05-22T08:29:00.000-07:00I don't blame you for your discouragement, but I c...I don't blame you for your discouragement, but I can assure you that many Christian women have no idea about the Christian past of feminism. Fundamentalist women especially have absolutely no clue what their foremothers were free to do a century ago. All they ever hear from their pulpits is the condemnation of modern feminism with no hint that concern for equal rights was once a Christian activity. <BR/><BR/>When I first learned that Frances Willard had actually been on the preaching circuits with Dwight Moody, I was shattered and angry for days that this part of my church's history was withheld from me for so long. Even though I have been a committed believer in Biblical equality for years, I still keep finding out more about trailblazing Christian women whose service is never mentioned today and wish I had been told about them when I most needed to know about them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com