Women, Religion and Feminism in Britain, 1750-1900

SUE MORGAN is Head of History at University College Chichester where she teaches women's and gender history. She has published numerous articles and chapters on women's history, religious history and feminist theology and is co-editor of Masculinity and Spirituality in Victorian Culture.

• 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