{"id":8408,"date":"2021-02-22T14:41:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T19:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/mediacenter\/?p=8408"},"modified":"2022-10-07T15:57:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T19:57:17","slug":"womens-history-in-the-methodist-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/2021\/02\/womens-history-in-the-methodist-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s History in the Methodist Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>March is Women&#8217;s History Month, and the Methodist Church has a rich history of women&#8217;s leadership. Borrow these books to learn about this history and teach it to others. We also have some DVD documentaries on general women&#8217;s history to add to your watch list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ask the UMC is highlighting the stories of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umc.org\/en\/content\/ask-the-umc-black-women-pioneers-part-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">groundbreaking Black women<\/a> in U.S. Methodist history including Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, Mary McLeod Bethune, Rev. Sallie Crenshaw, and Bishop Leontine T.C. Kelly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"methodist-women-s-history\">Methodist Women&#8217;s History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1756\" height=\"2476\" data-id=\"8304\" src=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/mothers-in-israel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/mothers-in-israel.jpg 1756w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/mothers-in-israel-511x720.jpg 511w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/mothers-in-israel-1021x1440.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/mothers-in-israel-768x1083.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/mothers-in-israel-1089x1536.jpg 1089w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/mothers-in-israel-1452x2048.jpg 1452w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/mothers-in-israel-106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/mothers-in-israel-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/mothers-in-israel-726x1024.jpg 726w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1756px) 100vw, 1756px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"267\" height=\"400\" data-id=\"8192\" src=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/nevertheless.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/nevertheless.jpg 267w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/nevertheless-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/nevertheless-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:34.153945053914306%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"women bishops of the UMC book cover\" data-height=\"888\" data-id=\"6788\" data-link=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/10-books-for-a-compelling-discussion\/women-bishops\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/women-bishops.jpg\" data-width=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/2019\/05\/women-bishops.jpg?ssl=1\"><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:32.10395798810165%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"cover\" data-height=\"789\" data-id=\"6926\" data-link=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/biblical-gender-equality-resources-for-men-and-women\/she-offered-them-2\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/she-offered-them-1.png\" data-width=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/2019\/06\/she-offered-them-1.png?ssl=1\"><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:33.74209695798403%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"spirituality and social responsibility\" data-height=\"400\" data-id=\"5656\" data-link=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/womens-history-month-resources\/spirituality-and-social\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/spirituality-and-social.jpg\" data-width=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/2018\/02\/spirituality-and-social.jpg?ssl=1\"><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:51.51111551797908%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"2476\" data-id=\"8304\" data-link=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/new-books-by-nc-conference-authors\/mothers-in-israel\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/mothers-in-israel.jpg\" data-width=\"1756\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/2021\/01\/mothers-in-israel.jpg?ssl=1\"><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:48.488884482020914%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"400\" data-id=\"8192\" data-link=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/book-studies-for-zoom-groups\/nevertheless\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/nevertheless.jpg\" data-width=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/2020\/12\/nevertheless.jpg?ssl=1\"><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc-hl.mimas.opalsinfo.net\/bin\/pf\/recDetailPage?pfCall=1&amp;rid=6219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mothers in Israel: Methodist Beginnings Through the Eyes of Women<\/a> by Donna L. Fowler-Marchant. Eighteenth-century women like Susanna Annesley Wesley, Sarah Ryan, Mary Bosanquet Fletcher, Frances Mortimer Pawson, Sarah Crosby, and many more were pivotal in the growth of the Methodist movement as class leaders, visitors to the sick, devotional writers, teachers, and even preachers. Discover the richness of their legacy of faithful witness through this exploration of their own theological writings and reflections and their message for the Church today. Rev. Dr. Fowler-Marchant is an elder in the NC Conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc-hl.mimas.opalsinfo.net\/bin\/pf\/recDetailPage?pfCall=1&amp;rid=6127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nevertheless: American Methodists and Women&#8217;s Rights<\/a> by Ashley Boggan Dreff. This book tells the story of American Methodist women\u2019s efforts fight for women\u2019s rights, beginning with the Women\u2019s Christian Temperance Union and ending with the #MeToo movement. Each chapter documents particular Methodist women and provides the reader with a basic historic context of the time or situation at hand as it shows how Methodist women engaged and fought for women\u2019s equality or women\u2019s rights in American society and American Methodism. Dr. Boggan Dreff is the General Secretary of the General Commission on Archives and History.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc-hl.mimas.opalsinfo.net\/bin\/pf\/recDetailPage?pfCall=1&amp;rid=5638\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Women Bishops of The United Methodist Church: Extraordinary Gifts of the Spirit<\/a> by Sharon Zimmerman Rader and Margaret Ann Crain. Bishop Sharon Zimmerman Rader and Dr. Margaret Ann Crain interviewed the women bishops of The United Methodist Church, the first denomination to elect women to the episcopacy. Through the stories they collected, they learned what enabled these women to persevere, claim authority, define leadership in their own ways, and rise to the episcopacy. NC Conference Bishop Hope Morgan Ward is included in this book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc-hl.mimas.opalsinfo.net\/bin\/pf\/recDetailPage?pfCall=1&amp;rid=5266\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">She Offered Them Christ: The Legacy of Women Preachers in Early Methodism<\/a> by Paul W. Chilcote. This book collects the stories of Methodism&#8217;s early women preachers and fosters an understanding of John Wesley&#8217;s appreciation of and support for women in early Methodism. Women preachers in John Wesley&#8217;s day had his support, encouragement, and formal approval to travel and preach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc-hl.mimas.opalsinfo.net\/bin\/pf\/recDetailPage?pfCall=1&amp;rid=4865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spirituality and Social Responsibility: Vocational Vision of Women in the United Methodist Tradition<\/a> edited by Rosemary Skinner Keller. Here is a collection of essays and primary source documents that tells the stories of pioneering ministries of United Methodist women&#8211;of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds&#8211;from the eighteenth century. Each essay traces the individual faith journeys and self-understanding of its subject. The stories also reveal the sexism and racism that confronted each woman overtly or covertly in church and society, as well as their own attitudes toward it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"biographies\">Biographies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"255\" height=\"400\" data-id=\"5660\" src=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/breaking-barriers-1.jpg\" alt=\"breaking barriers\" class=\"wp-image-5660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/breaking-barriers-1.jpg 255w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/breaking-barriers-1-96x150.jpg 96w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/breaking-barriers-1-191x300.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"400\" data-id=\"5659\" src=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/sojourner-truth.jpg\" alt=\"sojourner truth\" class=\"wp-image-5659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/sojourner-truth.jpg 270w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/sojourner-truth-101x150.jpg 101w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/sojourner-truth-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:24.482418154761902%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"breaking barriers\" data-height=\"400\" data-id=\"5660\" data-link=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/womens-history-month-resources\/breaking-barriers-2\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/breaking-barriers-1.jpg\" data-width=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/2018\/02\/breaking-barriers-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:25.597209821428574%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"anna howard shaw\" data-height=\"300\" data-id=\"5658\" data-link=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/womens-history-month-resources\/anna-howard-shaw\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/anna-howard-shaw.jpg\" data-width=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/2018\/02\/anna-howard-shaw.jpg?ssl=1\"><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:25.915721726190483%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"sojourner truth\" data-height=\"400\" data-id=\"5659\" data-link=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/womens-history-month-resources\/sojourner-truth\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/sojourner-truth.jpg\" data-width=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/2018\/02\/sojourner-truth.jpg?ssl=1\"><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:24.00465029761905%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"wheel within a wheel\" data-height=\"400\" data-id=\"5661\" data-link=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/womens-history-month-resources\/wheel-within-a-wheel\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/wheel-within-a-wheel.jpg\" data-width=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/2018\/02\/wheel-within-a-wheel.jpg?ssl=1\"><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc-hl.mimas.opalsinfo.net\/bin\/pf\/recDetailPage?pfCall=1&amp;rid=4769\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Breaking Barriers: An African American Family &amp; the Methodist Story<\/a> by Angella P. Current. On July 19, 1984, Leontine Current Kelly was elected bishop of The United Methodist Church, making her the first African-American woman to become a bishop within a major American religious denomination. This book recounts the story of her journey while also illustrating the experience of African Americans within United Methodism, and the important roles that faith, the church, and family played in molding the character and work of numerous individuals throughout the denomination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc-hl.mimas.opalsinfo.net\/bin\/pf\/recDetailPage?pfCall=1&amp;rid=4801\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anna Howard Shaw: The Work of Woman Suffrage<\/a> by Trisha Franzen. Acknowledged by her contemporaries as the most outstanding woman suffrage orator of her time, Anna Howard Shaw was also one of the first women to be ordained in the Methodist Church. Challenging traditional gender boundaries throughout her life, she put herself through college, worked as a doctor, and built a tightly-knit family with her secretary and longtime companion Lucy E. Anthony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc-hl.mimas.opalsinfo.net\/bin\/pf\/recDetailPage?pfCall=1&amp;rid=4780\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol<\/a> by Nell Irvin Painter. Sojourner Truth was a freedom fighter for Blacks and for women. She was also, for a time, a Methodist. This biography explores her transformative life and its effect on those who encountered her, as well as the legacy that remains today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc-hl.mimas.opalsinfo.net\/bin\/pf\/recDetailPage?pfCall=1&amp;rid=4754\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Wheel Within a Wheel: How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle with Some Reflections by the Way<\/a> by Frances E. Willard. Frances Willard, founder of the Women&#8217;s Christian Temperance Union, fought for women&#8217;s suffrage and other social justice issues for workers and women. In 1888, she was one of five women elected as delegates to General Conference, but they were replaced by male reserves. She wrote this book after she took up bicycle-riding at the age of 53.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"dvd-documentaries\">DVD Documentaries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"405\" data-id=\"8412\" src=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/portrait-of-susanna.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/portrait-of-susanna.jpg 288w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/portrait-of-susanna-107x150.jpg 107w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/portrait-of-susanna-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"405\" data-id=\"8413\" src=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/julian.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/julian.jpg 288w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/julian-107x150.jpg 107w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/julian-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:25.342902110661974%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"405\" data-id=\"8412\" data-link=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/?attachment_id=8412\" data-url=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/portrait-of-susanna.jpg\" data-width=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/2021\/02\/portrait-of-susanna.jpg?ssl=1\"><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:25.342902110661974%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"405\" data-id=\"8413\" data-link=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/?attachment_id=8413\" data-url=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/julian.jpg\" data-width=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/2021\/02\/julian.jpg?ssl=1\"><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:24.948876412592217%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"not for ourselves alone\" data-height=\"500\" data-id=\"5653\" data-link=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/womens-history-month-resources\/not-for-ourselves-alone\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/not-for-ourselves-alone.jpg\" data-width=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/2018\/02\/not-for-ourselves-alone.jpg?ssl=1\"><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:24.365319366083835%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"one woman one vote\" data-height=\"395\" data-id=\"5654\" data-link=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/womens-history-month-resources\/one-woman-one-vote\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/one-woman-one-vote.png\" data-width=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/2018\/02\/one-woman-one-vote.png?ssl=1\"><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc-hl.mimas.opalsinfo.net\/bin\/pf\/recDetailPage?pfCall=1&amp;rid=2219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Portrait of Susanna: The Story of Susanna Wesley<\/a> written and performed by Lynette Bennett Danskin. The mother of John and Charles Wesley, founders of Methodism, is profiled in this one-act play. Amidst the hardships of an impoverished early eighteenth-century English home, Susanna trained her sons in a style of Christian discipline and spirituality that would forever leave its mark on world Christianity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc-hl.mimas.opalsinfo.net\/bin\/pf\/recDetailPage?pfCall=1&amp;rid=2282\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Julian of Norwich<\/a>. This program looks at Julian of Norwich, recognized today as one of 14th century England&#8217;s most compelling mystics. A contemporary of Chaucer and survivor of the black plague, Julian received sixteen startling images of the crucified Christ that forever changed her life. Her descriptions of her visions in <a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc-hl.mimas.opalsinfo.net\/bin\/search\/recDetailPage?rid=5175\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Revelations of Divine Love<\/a> have given birth to enduring images of God&#8217;s nurturing and familial love that continue to inspire seekers today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc-hl.mimas.opalsinfo.net\/bin\/pf\/recDetailPage?pfCall=1&amp;rid=4818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton &amp; Susan B. Anthony<\/a> by Ken Burns and Paul Barnes. Together, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony fought for women everywhere, and their strong willpower and sheer determination still ripple through contemporary society. Ken Burns&#8217;s Emmy\u00ae Award-winning documentary recounts the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of two pioneers striving to give birth to the women&#8217;s movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc-hl.mimas.opalsinfo.net\/bin\/pf\/recDetailPage?pfCall=1&amp;rid=4817\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">One Woman, One Vote<\/a>. Birthed in a small Methodist Church in upstate New York, the women&#8217;s suffrage movement is documented in this PBS video. Witness the 70-year struggle for women&#8217;s suffrage. Discover why the crusaders faced entrenched opposition from men and women who feared the women&#8217;s vote would ignite a social revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"request-these-resources\">Request These Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These resources can be&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/how-it-works\/\">borrowed<\/a>&nbsp;for free by anyone involved with a United Methodist Church in the North Carolina Conference. We will mail them to your home! All you need to do is fill out the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/resource-request-form\/\">Resource Request Form<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March is Women&#8217;s History Month, and the Methodist Church has a rich history of women&#8217;s leadership. Borrow these books to learn about this history and teach it to others. 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