Hidden in Plain Sight

Hidden in Plain Sight: Quaker Women's Writings 1650-1700

The book is paperback and very thick. 540 pages. I purchased it from a rummage sale at the Friend's Meeting House. It is inscribed Rain Newcomb, 1999.

A page from a desk top calendar dated Wednesday June 10th is stuck in the middle as a bookmark. When I open the book, I am surprised to see that all the sections are facsimiles of the original publications. Swirling letters that look more like a f than a s.

The sections are entitled:

Tracts of Proclamation and Warning " Therefore I Will Prophesie"
Journals, Autobiographies, and Travel Narratives "To Listen, To Struggle, To Obey"
Theological Works "Spelling the Word without Killing the Spirit"
Letters and Epistles "Weaving the Web of Community"

The language is so rich and expressive that I know I have found a treasure. This is one book to dwell in. I will begin with "The Sayings of Women".