Item #17519 Frances E. Willard First Edition "Woman In The Pulpit": : "There can be no male and female : for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus." Frances Willard.
Frances E. Willard First Edition "Woman In The Pulpit": : "There can be no male and female : for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus."

Frances E. Willard First Edition "Woman In The Pulpit": : "There can be no male and female : for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus."

First Edition

WILLARD, Frances. Woman In The Pulpit. Boston: D Lothrop Company, 1888. First edition, Hardcover, Measures 5" x 7" inches, 173 pages. Original maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to cover and spine. Willard's arguement for a woman's place in the ministry begins on the title page, which includes a biblical quote: "There can be no male ad female : for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus." Includes letters from the Revs. Joseph Parker, T. De Witt Talmadge, and Joseph Cook, as well as proofs from the Bible to Nathaniel Hawthorne, including the remarks of Henry J. Van Dyke, on the value of female preachers. "About the subject of woman's preaching, let me say that I do not think the story of the Gospel will be fully told until Christian women all round the world tell it..." Corners bumped, as well as head and tail of spine. Very light 0.25" dampstain to top and interior edge of endpaper and title page. cloth slightly worn at hinge. Otherwise, textblock tight, pages clean and unmarked, gilt bright. Overall in good to very good condition.

Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard was an American educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist. Willard became the national president of Woman's Christian Temperance Union in 1879 and remained president until her death in 1898. Her influence continued in the next decades, as the Eighteenth (on Prohibition) and Nineteenth (on women's suffrage) Amendments to the United States Constitution were adopted. Willard developed the slogan "Do Everything" for the WCTU and encouraged members to engage in a broad array of social reforms by lobbying, petitioning, preaching, publishing, and education. During her lifetime, Willard succeeded in raising the age of consent in many states as well as passing labor reforms including the eight-hour work day. Her vision also encompassed prison reform, scientific temperance instruction, Christian socialism, and the global expansion of women's rights.

Item #17519

Price: $125.00