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All That Fits a Woman; Training Southern Baptist Women for Charity and Mission, 1907-1926
by T. Laine Scales
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0865546681
- ISBN 13
- 9780865546684
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2000 Mercer University Press, Macon, GA. 2000. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; light rubbing to panels. Maroon buckram boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 287 pp 8vo. This book is a detailed well-researched and well-written study of the lives of women missionaries and others associated with the Women's Missionary Union Training School in Louisville, KY. It includes case studies of individual women, along with careful analysis of the school's curriculum, architecture, and material culture. This history offers a feminist perspective, focusing on the subtle forms of teaching that were used and are still used today to exclude women from preaching ministry and leadership within the Southern Baptist Convention. A clean near pristine copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010962
- Title
- All That Fits a Woman; Training Southern Baptist Women for Charity and Mission, 1907-1926
- Author
- T. Laine Scales
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0865546681
- ISBN 13
- 9780865546684
- Publisher
- Mercer University Press
- Place of Publication
- Macon, GA
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Southern Baptist Convention, missions, missionary work, Women's Missionary Training School, religion, women missionaries, charity, educational opportunities, Southern Baptist Women
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Buckram
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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