What is it about?
Tells the story in accessible language of the surprising number of Methodist women, including members of Methodist sects, who preached in public between 1807 and 1907. Topics include: women preachers in 18th-century Methodism; women in the Bible Christian Connexion, the only sect in which women preached throughout its history; local preachers; revivalists; deaconesses; missionaries.
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Why is it important?
This is the only comprehensive history of women preachers in the whole of Methodism in the nineteenth century.
Perspectives
The book includes brief autobiographical passages explaining why I, a non-Methodist, came to research and write about this topic.
Jennifer M Lloyd
College at Brockport
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This page is a summary of: Women and the Shaping of British Methodism: Persistent Preachers, 1807–1907. By Jennifer Lloyd., Cultural and Social History, June 2013, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.2752/147800413x13599875401019.
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