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Female Friends and the Making of Transatlantic Quakerism provides a groundbreaking examination of women’s pivotal contributions to early modern Quakerism. Naomi Pullin demonstrates how female friendships, correspondence, and networks were essential to the formation and dissemination of Quaker beliefs across England and North America between 1650 and 1750.
Through careful analysis of personal letters, testimonies, and historical records, Pullin reveals how women created and maintained spiritual communities that transcended geographical boundaries. She argues that female friendships were not merely social connections but served as critical infrastructure for theological development, missionary work, and institutional growth within the Religious Society of Friends.
Part of the Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History series, this book reshapes our understanding of women’s religious agency and demonstrates that women were architects of transatlantic religious networks during a transformative period in both British and American history.
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