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Shaking The Faith: Women, Family, and Mary Marshall Dyer's Anti-Shaker Campaign, 1815-1867
Elizabeth A. de Wolfe
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Hardcover. Mary Dyer (1780 -1867) was at the centre of an aggressive anti-Shaker movement when her husband and the Shaker authorities kept her five children after Mary left the sect. This title examines the life of one woman to explore broader themes about religion, society and gender in the 19th century. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HRCC9; HRCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 407.
In the first half of the 19th century, Mary Marshall Dyer (1780-1867) was at the center of an aggressive anti-Shaker movement - an informal yet effective group joined by their despisal of Shakerism and their determination to thwart the new faith. With her husband and their five children, Dyer had been a Shaker for two years, but as her husband grew increasingly attracted to Shakerism, Dyer's own commitment waned, and when she announced she was leaving the sect and requested the return of her children , neither her husband nor the Shaker authorities would relinquish them. Distraught, angry, and alone, ... Read more
In the first half of the 19th century, Mary Marshall Dyer (1780-1867) was at the center of an aggressive anti-Shaker movement - an informal yet effective group joined by their despisal of Shakerism and their determination to thwart the new faith. With her husband and their five children, Dyer had been a Shaker for two years, but as her husband grew increasingly attracted to Shakerism, Dyer's own commitment waned, and when she announced she was leaving the sect and requested the return of her children , neither her husband nor the Shaker authorities would relinquish them. Distraught, angry, and alone, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
233
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312295035
SKU
V9780312295035
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About Elizabeth A. de Wolfe
ELIZABETH DE WOLFE is Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of New England.
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