Anthea Butler

Home institution

University of Pennsylvania

Research project

The Swamp Angel of the South: Joanna P. Moore and Home Missions Work, 1863-1916

This project explores the life of Joanna P. Moore, American Baptist Home Missionary whose interracial work, women's organizing, and partnerships with African American Women resulted in the creation of a bible study magazine HOPE, used extensively by African Americans in the South.

WSRP lecture

Queens of the Home: Interracial Cooperation, Bible Reading, and Women in the South 1884-1900

Course

HDS 2258: Women's Religious Organizing and Leadership in the 19th and 20th Centuries (Fall 2008)