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An editor has removed material describing each chapter. I have re-instated the list of Transatlantic Ministers in Appx 1, as this list gives the scale of the movement and adds useful information to the WP articles on individual ministers. In my view, the chapter titles give a very useful view of the content of the book:
Chapters==
Beginnings===
Origins of Quakerism
George Fox and Quaker theology
Women as preachers
Quakerism's unity of genders
Spread of Quakerism
Critics of Quakerism
Quaker movement transformed
System of meetings: Extension of Quaker women's authority
Quaker survival in the world
Achievement of political tolerance
An emergence of Quaker transatlantic culture
"Chosen instruments": identifying the Women Ministers===
Women ministers throughout the transatlantic Quaker community (comparing Jane Fenn, Catharine Payton and Abigail Craven)
The acknowledgement of Eighteenth-Century Quaker ministers
Patterns in women ministers' identities:
Religious background, Wealth and social status, Spiritual development, Call to the ministry, Literacy
Entrance into the public sphere
"Love yt [that] many waters cannot quench": Women ministers travelling===
Increased numbers of women travelling
The "concern" to travel
The Atlantic voyage: Ocean crossing
Hazards at sea
On land: itineraries
Travel hazards on land
Guides and transport on land
Travelling companions
Travel accommodation
Communication during travel
Travel schedule
Travel changed the women ministers
"Dutiful wives, tender mothers": the family roles of women ministers