The Calling: Tahirih of Persia and Her American Contemporaries
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TextPublication details: Bethesda, Maryland IBEX Publishers 2017Description: 321 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN: - 9781588141453
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The Calling by Hussein Ahdieh and Hillary Chapman describes Tahirih (Qurrat al- Ayn), the trailblazing female nineteenth century Iranian poet, theologian and religious-revolutionary leader in a fresh, new manner, juxtaposing and interweaving her life and work with that of her American contemporaries--Mother Ann Lee, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, Olympia Brown, Ellen White and Mary Baker Eddy--women whose existence she was probably not aware of, but who shared with her a spiritual bond and vision of progress and justice. In 1852 she was executed by a state fearful of her message. Her last words were You can kill me as soon as you like, but you cannot stop the emancipation of women.
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