Record #:

21686

Author(s):

Stephan, Scott M.

Abstract:

This article looks at Anne Davis, the wife of a Methodist minister and a matron at Wesleyan Female College, and how she was able to exercise her beliefs over her family and the female students. The article also looks at her diary from 1835 onward and connects her actions to her inner beliefs.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 83 Issue 2, Apr 2006, p165-192 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wesleyan Female College (Murfreesboro); Antebellum period, 1820-1861; Davis, Anne Turberville Beale, 1809-1894