"No Cross, No Crown": An Ethos of Presence in Margaret Prior's "Walks of Usefulness"

Autor/in	Shaver, Lisa
Titel	"No Cross, No Crown": An Ethos of Presence in Margaret Prior's "Walks of Usefulness"
Quelle	In: College English, 75 (2012) 1, S.61-78 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-0994
Schlagwörter	Religious Education; Information Dissemination; Global Approach; Females; Christianity; Moral Development; Urban Areas; Economically Disadvantaged; Neighborhoods; Alcoholism; Social Problems; Altruism; Helping Relationship; Audiences; Social Action; Activism; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Informationsverbreitung; Globales Denken; Weibliches Geschlecht; Christentum; Moralische Entwicklung; Urban area; Stadtregion; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Alkoholismus; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Helfende Beziehung; Spectator; Zuschauer; Soziales Handeln; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest
Abstract	In 1837, Margaret Prior became the first female missionary for the American Female Moral Reform Society. She traveled throughout the poorest neighborhoods in New York City--entering barrooms, brothels, and sickrooms. Based on an analysis of Prior's missionary reports, published in the society's periodical and included in her memoir, this essay shows how Prior exerted an ethos of presence. Her willingness to traverse the seediest sections of the city, call on any person, and address any need exerted a powerful ethos in the communities she served and among the audiences who read and heard about her efforts. (Contains 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10