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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After Seventy-Five Years-A Brief Resume of the Deaconess Work
Deaconesses - United States, Lutheran Women, United Lutheran Church in America, Board of Deaconess Work, Women in church work - Lutheran
A paper presented at the Fourth Convention of the United Lutheran Church in America, October 28, 1924, by G. Albert Getty, D.D., Vice-President of the Board of Deaconess Work
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Annual of the Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses (1897)
Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses, Deaconesses - United States, Women in church work - Lutheran, Lutheran Women
Annual publication of the Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses
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Annual of the Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses (1903)
Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses, Deaconesses - United States, Women in church work - Lutheran, Lutheran Women
Annual publication of the Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses
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Annual of the Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses (1905)
Lutheran Women, Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses, Deaconesses - United States, Women in church work - Lutheran
Annual publication of the Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses
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Annual of the Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses (1909)
Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses, Deaconesses - United States, Women in church work - Lutheran, Lutheran Women
Annual publication of the Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses
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A call to the female diaconate
Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses, Deaconesses - United States, Women in church work - Lutheran, Lutheran Women
Promotional booklet for life as a deaconess
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Centennial Celebration of the American Diaconate: The Twenty-ninth Lutheran Deaconess Conference in America
Deaconesses - Lutheran Church - Congresses, Lutheran Women - Congresses, Women in church work - Lutheran Church - Congresses
Proceedings and papers of the twenty-ninth Lutheran Deaconess Conference in America, Milwaukee, WI, June 19-21, 1949.
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Conditions of Admission to the Lutheran Deaconess Motherhouse, Mary J. Drexel Home
Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses, Deaconesses - United States, Women in church work - Lutheran, Lutheran Women
Rules and admissions requirements for deaconesses
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Das Mary J. Drexel Home und Philadelphia Diakonissen Mutterhaus fur Diakonissen
Lutheran Women, Women in church work - Lutheran, Deaconesses - United States, Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses
Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses
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The Deaconess and Her Work
Deaconesses - United States, Women in church work - Lutheran, Lutheran Women, General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America. Committee on Deaconess Work.
The book of which this is a free translation was written at the request of the Conference of Lutheran Deaconess Motherhouses in America, and is intended to outline the instruction, in the history and work of the female Diaconate, desirable for young women seeking the office of Deaconess.
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The Deaconess Calling, Its Past and Its Present
Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses, Deaconesses, Women in church work - Lutheran, Lutheran Women
Translated by Emma A. Endlich and Adolph Spaeth
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The Deaconess Motherhouse, In Its Relation to the Deaconess Work
Deaconesses - Lutheran Church, Lutheran Women, Women in church work - Lutheran
In the first chapter of this booklet we have tried to disclose the scriptural basis of the Female Diaconate. In the second chapter we give a comprehensive view of the Deaconess Motherhouse, as it has developed in the course of seven decades, especially in Germany. In the third chapter we want to introduce our friendly readers to the sisterhood. In the last chapter we give a short, general representation of the development and history of the deaconess work in the United States.
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The Deaconess Work in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States
Deaconesses - Lutheran Church, Lutheran Women, Women in church work - Lutheran, General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America. Committee on Deaconess Work.
Report of the Committee on Deaconess Work. Presented to the General Council at Easton Pa., October 14, 1895.
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Deaconesses and the Sick
Deaconesses - United States, Women in church work
Address by Dr. A. Spaeth at the Inter-denominational Deaconess Convention in Chautauqua, NY, July 30th, 1890.
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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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Eighteenth Conference of Evangelical Lutheran Deaconess Motherhouses in the United States
Deaconesses - Lutheran Church - Congresses, Lutheran Women - Congresses, Women in church work - Lutheran Church - Congresses
Proceedings and papers of the eighteenth conference of the Evangelical Lutheran Deaconess Motherhouses in the United States held in Chicago, IL, May 16-17, 1928.
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Eighth Conference of Evangelical Lutheran Deaconess Motherhouses in the United States
Deaconesses - Lutheran Church - Congresses, Lutheran Women - Congresses, Women in church work - Lutheran Church - Congresses
Proceedings and papers of the eighth conference of the Evangelical Lutheran Deaconess Motherhouses in the United States held in Omaha, Neb., June 21-22, 1910.
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Eleventh Conference of Evangelical Lutheran Deaconess Motherhouses in the United States
Deaconesses - Lutheran Church - Congresses, Lutheran Women - Congresses, Women in church work - Lutheran Church - Congresses
Proceedings and papers of the eleventh conference of the Evangelical Lutheran Deaconess Motherhouses in the United States held in Minneapolis, Minn., May 20 to 22, 1914.
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Evangelical Deaconesswork, the Great Need of America: an Appeal to Philanthropic and Patriotic Americans by a Christian Patriot
Deaconesses
Promotional booklet for life as a deaconess and the Immanuel Hospital and Deaconess Institute at Omaha, Nebraska
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Fifteenth Conference of Evangelical Lutheran Deaconess Motherhouses in the United States
Deaconesses - Lutheran Church - Congresses, Lutheran Women - Congresses, Women in church work - Lutheran Church - Congresses
Proceedings and papers of the fifteenth conference of the Evangelical Lutheran Deaconess Motherhouses in the United States held in Omaha, Nebraska, October 31 to November 2, 1922
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