Talk:Elizabeth Ashbridge

I've just had another thought...do we want to have a section discussing how Ashbridge was one of the first writers to develop the spiritual autobiography? I'd be happy to add that too, if we think it's useful to the page.--Jacquelyn50973 (talk) 18:09, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Hello all, I'd like to contribute information about Quakerism, and Ashbridge's relationship with Quakers/Quakerism. If this conflicts with what anyone else is doing, please let me know!--Jacquelyn50973 (talk) 17:55, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Greetings: I would like to address the following for this entry for Elizabeth Ashbridge: touch on indentured servitude as being not all that uncommon in her day, provide a link regarding the stages of a spiritual autobiography and provide context for her writing. Please let me know if you have any suggestions.02:12, 30 September 2014 (UTC)Heidi.HHH (talk)

Heidi, I think that would serve as a wonderful contribution to the page. I would like to address Ashbridge's connection with her spiritual mother and her subsequent resistance to patriarchy. This will include the episodes with her father and her abusive husband. Concerning organization, I was wondering if we should set Some Account of the Early Part of the Life of Elizabeth Ashbridge as a heading of it's own. Beneath this heading we could create subheadings, such as "Indentured Servitude" and "Resistance to Patriarchy." However, this is merely a suggestion, and I will not make any of these changes before receiving additional input.--Megan.R.P (talk) 22:24, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi, Megan, and fellow Wikipedians: I think that is a sound plan for the heading and organization details. I'm game for it. I'll go ahead and start drafting some details about indentured servitude. However, where do you think we should put the heading for Some Account . . . ? Would after the Biography section work? I'll add in my indentured servitude details once we have some more input regarding the heading and organization. It feels like I haven't edited in ages. It's good to be back.Heidi.HHH (talk) 15:04, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi folks, I revised my previous post a little. Feel free to chime in with questions or suggestions.Heidi.HHH (talk) 15:16, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi, everyone. I'm going to work on her bio and a section on notability. --Sam50973 (talk) 16:36, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Hello again, since there is a detail or two about indentured servitude: "owned first by a woman in the slave trade and later by the ship's captain. After completing three of the four years of servitude required to pay her passage to the colonies, she bought her freedom with money she earned performing odd jobs and sewing" would it be ok if I deleted that and put in the section for indentured servitude with my contribution? I'll go ahead and add what I have, but I'm not sure what to do with the details that are already there. I don't want to delete anyone's work. Thanks, folks.138.237.241.45 (talk)Heidi.HHH (talk) 18:59, 1 October 2014 (UTC) 18:39, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Megan- I was thinking of writing a section about how Ashbridge has been discussed by feminist scholars and what her works means for feminism/women's rhetoric. I think our sections would work well together. Maybe we could title a big section something like "Resisting Patriarchy" or "A Woman in a Man's World" or something like that- however that would disrupt the "Early Life" theme, so maybe instead we could have a section on her reception and I could fit the feminism angle in there? This could go with Sam's section on notability? What do you guys think?

Notability

What an amazing life, but why is she notable? First female Quaker preacher?

References Section

Hi, everyone--I made a very minor edit to the references section so that it is formatted as two rows rather than one in order to preserve space at the bottom of the page. --Cedricktattoo (talk) 16:20, 1 October 2014 (UTC)