United Lutheran Seminary Philadelphia - In Her Own Right: the Lutheran Deaconess Movement in the United States

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Books and serial publications published by the various Lutheran Deaconess Communities in the United States, focused on those with Motherhouses in Philadelphia and Baltimore. The “In Her Own Right” project has been made possible in part by a Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Foundations Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Celebrating 50 Years of Excellence. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in site do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Deaconesses and Their Work
Deaconesses - United States, Lutheran Women, Women in church work - Lutheran, Deaconess Motherhouse, Milwaukee, WI
Counting only those institutions that are planned after and conducted in the spirit of the German originals, there are to-day, according to the latest statistics, more than seventy Deaconess Motherhouses in the world, with over 10,000 Sisters, engaged in 3,650 fields of labor. Motherhouses are found in Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, France, England, Hungary, Switzerland, Finland, Russia, the United States, and since last year one in Australia; whilst the Sisters trained in these houses carry on their work of love and mercy in almost every part of the world.
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