Ministering in affliction : the 'brown deaconesses' of the Church of Scotland, 1888-c.1948

This thesis is concerned with the Order of Deaconesses within the Church of Scotland, which has been largely ignored or misrepresented in social, religious and culhrral history. It considers the role and status of the 'brown deaconess' (socalled because of the colour of her unifonn) and ex...

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Main Author: McEwan, Muriel Lynn
Published: Open University 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.491594