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These all female meetings show a safe place for women to confide in each other. Not that these women are going to start a revolution, but to vent about the troubles of marriage, raising children and following god's will. It reminds me of Esther Burr's letters to her friend. Also, it is similar to Victorian era women's strong bonds in friendship. --Michelle M. | These all female meetings show a safe place for women to confide in each other. Not that these women are going to start a revolution, but to vent about the troubles of marriage, raising children and following god's will. It reminds me of Esther Burr's letters to her friend. Also, it is similar to Victorian era women's strong bonds in friendship. --Michelle M. | ||
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| + | There is really a huge difference between what the Puritans consider acceptable and what the Quakers considered acceptable. The word of God needed to spread to other people, the Puritans thought that only men could do this, meanwhile, Quaker women felt comfortable to speak about their religious ideas in public. In both areas women were still seen as weak. -- Pam Petzold | ||
== David Brainerd, 1746, account of the Great Awakening == | == David Brainerd, 1746, account of the Great Awakening == | ||
