Sisters of the Spirit | William L. Andrews

Sisters of the Spirit: Three Black Women’s Autobiographies of the Nineteenth Century

Edited with an Introduction by William L. Andrews

Jarena Lee, Zilpha Elaw, and Julia Foote underwent a revolution in their own sense of self that helped to launch a feminist revolution in American religious life and in American society as a whole.

"Sisters of the Spirit... should interest a wider audience... These fascinating accounts can stand on their own... Mr. Andrews has made them even more accessible by providing a comprehensive introduction and helpful footnotes... but he does not intrude on the text itself."
—New York Times Book Review

" . . . informative and inspiring reading."
—The Journal of American History