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Virginia Broughton : the life and writings of a National Baptist missionary / edited by Tomeiko Ashford Carte ; foreword by Jessie Carney Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Broughton, Virginia W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American missionaries--Biography.
- African American missionaries.
- Baptists--Doctrines.
- Baptists.
- Baptists--Missions.
- Women missionaries--Biography.
- Women missionaries.
- Broughton, Virginia W.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (166 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- For more than half a century, Virginia E. Walker Broughton (1856-1934) worked tirelessly to uplift black communities, and especially black women, throughout Tennessee. Born into an elite African American family in Nashville, she began her professional career as a teacher and later became one of the most prominent domestic missionaries in the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., as well as an accomplished speaker and writer. This annotated collection is the first scholarly work devoted entirely to Broughton's life and writings.The book for which Broughton is best known, Twenty Y
- Contents:
- Autobiography: a brief sketch of the life and labors of mrs. V.W. Broughton, Bible band missionary, for middle and west Tennessee
- The role of women in Christian work: Woman's work, as gleaned from the women of the Bible, and the Bible women of modern times; "Woman's work," from National Baptist magazine
- Columns and articles from the National Baptist Union, 1902-1903: Woman's convention minutes, August 1902; Training course articles, 1902-1903; The "woman's department" and woman's convention matters, 1902-1903
- Bible study: systematic Bible study by periods, twelve Bible lessons
- Echoes from the field: excerpts on Broughton's late missionary work.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613098467
- 9781283098465
- 1283098466
- 9781572337091
- 1572337095
- OCLC:
- 699513608
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