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THE LETTERS OF DOROTHY MOORE-DURY: DIVINE CALLINGS, COVENANTS, AND THE SEARCH FOR WOMEN’S VOCATION IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND

dc.contributor.authorWright, Laurel
dc.contributor.copyright-releaseNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.degreeMaster of Artsen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Historyen_US
dc.contributor.ethics-approvalNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.external-examinern/aen_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerLyn Bennetten_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerJerry Bannisteren_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorKrista Kesselringen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-26T15:10:25Z
dc.date.available2024-08-26T15:10:25Z
dc.date.defence2024-08-21
dc.date.issued2024-08-23
dc.description.abstractThis thesis builds on the backs of studies that have moved beyond a secular definition of feminism by emphasizing the significance of religion in women’s discussions of gender roles throughout the seventeenth century. Between 1640 and 1661, Anglo-Irish intellectual Dorothy Moore-Dury used the Protestant doctrine of vocation to argue that women had a divine calling to serve the public in areas beyond the traditional roles of wives and mothers. This thesis analyzes Dorothy’s letters and publications from others within her circle and identifies vocation as the heart of her writings and the principle by which Dorothy directed her life. Through her relationship with irenicist preacher John Dury, Dorothy demonstrated that marriage could present more opportunities for women when interpreted through a vision of vocation. John and Dorothy’s involvement in the Hartlib Circle makes this thesis a pertinent contribution to discussions of proto-feminism and women’s agency within seventeenth-century intellectual societies.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/84465
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectlettersen_US
dc.subjectvocationen_US
dc.subjectwomenen_US
dc.subjectcovenantsen_US
dc.subjectDorothy Mooreen_US
dc.subjectJohn Duryen_US
dc.subjectHartlib Circleen_US
dc.titleTHE LETTERS OF DOROTHY MOORE-DURY: DIVINE CALLINGS, COVENANTS, AND THE SEARCH FOR WOMEN’S VOCATION IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLANDen_US

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