Women -- Religious life
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Lydia L. Rawlins Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0383
Content Description
This collection contains Lydia Rawlins' manuscript diary, accompanied by two letters written to Lydia Rawlins. Lydia Rawlins was a schoolteacher and daughter of a preacher who lived in Manila, Indiana. When the diary begins she is teaching in Addison, Township in Shelby County, Indiana. Lydia was very religious and held anti-slavery views. Her diary covers the tension within her church regarding the issue of slavery and how the issue affected her faith.
Dates:
1845 - 1846