Doomed romance, broken hearts, lost souls, and sexual tumult in nineteenth-century America, Christine Leigh Heyrman
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Doomed romance, broken hearts, lost souls, and sexual tumult in nineteenth-century America, Christine Leigh Heyrman
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eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
individual biography
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illustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Doomed romance
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1151530586
Responsibility statement
Christine Leigh Heyrman
Sub title
broken hearts, lost souls, and sexual tumult in nineteenth-century America
Summary
"A study of sexual politics in 19th century New England through the life of one woman"--, Provided by publisherMartha Parker was a gifted young New England woman, aspiring to become an educator and a foreign missionary. Late in 1825 she accepted a proposal from a schoolmaster, Thomas Tenney, only to reject him several weeks later for a rival suitor: Elnathan Gridley, a clergyman headed for the mission field. Tenney's male friends, deeply resentful of the new prominence of women in academies, benevolent and reform associations, and the mission field, decided to retaliate on Tenney's behalf by sending an anonymous letter to the head of the foreign missions board impugning Martha's character. Tenney further threatened Martha with revealing even more about their relationship, thereby ruining her future prospects as a missionary. The resulting investigation created a scandal that ruined Martha Parker's hopes, provoked a resistance within evangelical ranks, and ultimately threatened to destroy the foreign missions enterprise. -- adapted from Amazon info
Table Of Contents
The world before her -- The redeemer's children -- Patriarchs under pressure -- Satisfaction -- A coquette? -- You belong to me -- Like a virgin -- The butterfly -- The sorcerer's apprentice
Target audience
adult
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Subject
- Biographies
- Sex role + Religious aspects + Congregational Churches
- New England -- Religious life and customs
- Évangélisme -- Aspect social -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Christian biography -- United States
- Triangle (Relations humaines) -- États-Unis
- Tenney, Thomas, 1798-1873
- Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- United States
- Gridley, Elnathan, 1796-1827
- Chrétiennes -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Rôle selon le sexe -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Femmes -- États-Unis -- Conditions sociales -- 19e siècle
- Missionnaires -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- États-Unis -- Conditions sociales -- 19e siècle
- Nouvelle-Angleterre -- Vie religieuse
- Missionaries' spouses -- United States -- Biography
- Missionaries -- United States -- Biography
- Enseignantes -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
- Women teachers -- United States -- Biography
- Biographies chrétiennes -- États-Unis
- Christian women -- United States -- Biography
- collective biographies
- Sex role -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Missionnaires -- Conjoints -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Evangelicalism + Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Tenney, Martha T. Parker, 1804-1876
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- Biographies
- Sex role + Religious aspects + Congregational Churches
- New England -- Religious life and customs
- Évangélisme -- Aspect social -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Christian biography -- United States
- Triangle (Relations humaines) -- États-Unis
- Tenney, Thomas, 1798-1873
- Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- United States
- Gridley, Elnathan, 1796-1827
- Chrétiennes -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Rôle selon le sexe -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Femmes -- États-Unis -- Conditions sociales -- 19e siècle
- Missionnaires -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- États-Unis -- Conditions sociales -- 19e siècle
- Nouvelle-Angleterre -- Vie religieuse
- Missionaries' spouses -- United States -- Biography
- Missionaries -- United States -- Biography
- Enseignantes -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
- Women teachers -- United States -- Biography
- Biographies chrétiennes -- États-Unis
- Christian women -- United States -- Biography
- collective biographies
- Sex role -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Missionnaires -- Conjoints -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Evangelicalism + Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Tenney, Martha T. Parker, 1804-1876
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