Let Her Speak for Herself: Nineteenth-Century Women Writing on Women in Genesis

Contents

Contents Preface xv Introduction 1 Part 1: Eve—The Mother of Us All 21§1 Hannah Mather Crocker Observations on the Real Rights of Women (1818) 24§2 Lucy Barton Bible Letters for Children (1832) 29§3 Esther Hewlett Copley Scripture History for Youth (1833) and Scripture Biography (1835) 32§4 Favell Lee Mortimer The Peep of Day (1833) 38§5 Sarah Moore Grimké Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, and the Condition of Woman (1838) 42§6 Angelina Emily Grimké Weld Letters to Catherine Beecher (1838) 46§7 Catherine Hunt Putnam The Gospel by Moses, in the Book of Genesis; or, the Old Testament Unveiled (1854) 51§8 E. C. C. Baillie The Protoplast (1853) 58§9 Cecil Frances (Fanny) Alexander “The Temptation” (1854) 61 vii §10 Sophia Goodrich Ashton The Mothers of the Bible (1855) 63§11 Christina Georgina Rossetti “Eve” (1866) and “A Helpmeet for Him” (1888) 65§12 Charlotte Maria Tucker (A.L.O.E.) House Beautiful (1868) 69§13 Sarah Town Martyn Women of the Bible (1868) 71§14 Elizabeth Rundle Charles Sketches of the Women of Christendom (1880) 77§15 Etty Woosnam The Women of the Bible: Old Testament (1881) 84§16 Ray Frank “Women in the Synagogue” (1894) 90§17 Henriette Greenebaum Frank “Modern Jewish Women” (1894) 92§18 Julia Wedgwood The Message of Israel in the Light of Modern Criticism (1894) 93§19 Lillie Devereux Blake The Woman’s Bible (1895) 96§20 Elizabeth Baxter The Women of the Word (1897) 98 Conclusion 104 Part 2: Sarah—The First Mother of Israel 107§21 Sarah Trimmer A Help to the Unlearned in the Study of the Holy Scriptures (1805) 109§22 Frances Elizabeth King Female Scripture Characters: Exemplifying Female Virtues (1813) 112§23 Sarah Ewing Hall Conversations on the Bible (1818) 119§24 Grace Aguilar The Women of Israel (1845) 121 viii Contents Contents ix§25 Rebekah Hyneman “Sarah” (1846) 138§26 Elizabeth Fries Ellet Family Pictures from the Bible (1849) 139§27 Catherine Hunt Putnam The Gospel by Moses in the Book of Genesis (1854) 145§28 Sophia Goodrich Ashton The Mothers of the Bible (1855) 149§29 Harriet Beecher Stowe Women in Sacred History (1873) 158§30 Etty Woosnam The Women of the Bible: Old Testament (1881) 165§31 Julia Wedgwood The Message of Israel in the Light of Modern Criticism (1894) 173§32 Clara Bewick Colby The Woman’s Bible (1895) 173§33 Elizabeth Baxter The Women in the Word (1897) 175 Conclusion 182 Part 3: Hagar—The Wanderer 185§34 Sarah Trimmer A Help to the Unlearned (1805) 188§35 Sarah Hall Conversations on the Bible (1818) 190§36 Grace Aguilar “The Wanderers” (1838) 191§37 Penina Moise “Genesis, Chap. XXI” (1842) 194§38 Susan Warner Walks from Eden (1866) 196§39 Charlotte Maria Tucker (A.L.O.E.) House Beautiful (1868) 204§40 Sarah Town Martyn Women of the Bible (1868) 207 x Contents§41 Harriet Beecher Stowe Women in Sacred History (1873) and Footsteps of the Master (1877) 210§42 Etty Woosnam The Women of the Bible: Old Testament (1881) 217§43 Mary Elizabeth Beck Bible Readings on Bible Women (1892) 221§44 Harriet Morton From the Beginning or Stories from Genesis (1893) 224§45 M. G. Women like Ourselves (1893) 230§46 Josephine Elizabeth Butler The Lady of Shunem (1894) 234§47 Sarah Elizabeth Turnock The Women of the Bible (1898) 243§48 Eloise Alberta Bibb “The Expulsion of Hagar” (1895) 245§49 Mary L. T. Witter Angels (1900) 248 Conclusion 252 Part 4: Rebekah—Mother of Two Nations 255§50 Frances Elizabeth King Female Scripture Characters; Exemplifying Female Virtues (1813) 258§51 Lady Morgan Woman and Her Master (1840) 265§52 Grace Aguilar The Women of Israel (1845) 268§53 Cecil Frances (Fanny) Alexander “Isaac and Rebekah” (1854) 280§54 Sarah Hale Woman’s Record (1855) 283§55 Susan Warner Walks from Eden (1866) 286 §56 Etty Woosnam The Women of the Bible: Old Testament (1881) 297§57 Elizabeth Julia Hasell Bible Partings (1883) 302§58 Mary L. T. Witter The Edomites (1888) 307§59 Mary Elizabeth Beck Bible Readings on Bible Women (1892) 312§60 M.G. Women Like Ourselves (1893) 314§61 Ada Ruth Habershon The Study of the Types (1898) 317 Conclusion 321 Part 5: Leah and Rachel—Founder of the House of Israel 325§62...