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  1. Women and the Church in the 19th Century
    date May, 1885 to 1885map PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvaniatags Women, Christianity

      The article called, “Woman in the Church” published in the Phrenological Journal and Science of Health, discussed the question of whether or not women should be granted equal representation with men in the church.  The author discussed how women were treated in the Christian church as opposed to the way they were minimized in Paganism.  Paganism includes all religions other than those revealed...

  2. The Young Lady's Guide is a guide on how women should live and conduct their lives according to Gods will.
    date 1870map NEW YORK, New Yorktags Christianity, 19th century youth, family values

    The Young Lady’s Guide, written in 1870, is a book on how women should live and conduct their lives according to God's will. One of the guide’s goals is to get young women to look at the broader picture and to forget the distractions in their daily lives and instead focus on God.  The guide is split in several different sections with each section written by a different author who is experienced...

  3. Kind Words for Sunday School Children teaches children to live a Christian lifestyle.
    date 1866map FULTON, Georgiatags Church/Religious-Activity, Christianity, Baptists, sunday school

    Once a month, children all over Atlanta, Georgia would rush to the front yard to gather up the newspaper. With their Bibles in hand, they eagerly flipped to their favorite section labeled Kind Words for Sunday School Children. These “kind words” were stories written for the Christian children to read and to take away important lessons that the Bible teaches. These stories were stories from the...