The Private Thoughts of a Traveling Preacher's Wife: The Journals of Malvinia Louisa Foster, Central Texas, 1847-1870

by Jack Crowder

Louisa Foster came to Texas as a child with the Old Three Hundred, the first settlers brought to Texas by Stephen F. Austin. She married a young traveling preacher from Tennessee, the Rev. Finis Foster. Unlike many women at this time, Louisa was educated and well read. During this period, discussions and critical views of religion were the domains of the men. Louisa, however, voiced her views freely and believed that women should be allowed to do...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875658903
• ISBN13: 9780875658902
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
• Length: 338 Pages