8 “She Hath Done What She Could”: The Gendered Construction of Female Piety in Ulster Protestant Women’s Missionary Literature

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents ix
3. Tables and Figures xi
4. Preface xiii
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. Setting the Scene 1
7. “The Right to Labour, Love, and Pray”: The Cult of Domesticity in Ulster Religious Literature 21
8. The Virgin Mary: Model of Christian Female Spirituality 54
9. Women of the Bible and the Early Church: Mortal Sinners and Model Saints 72
10. “A Future of Blessing and Service”: The Moral Education of Ulster Girls 99
11. “The Wind in Women’s Wings”: Defining Roles for Women in Ulster Protestant Churches 128
12. “The Cursed Cup Hath Cast Her Down”: Images of Women in Ulster Temperance Literature 157
13. “She Hath Done What She Could”: The Gendered Construction of Female Piety in Ulster Protestant Women’s Missionary Literature 185
14. Conclusion 210
15. Notes 215
16. Bibliographic Essay 269
17. Bibliography 277
18. Index 287