Lydia Maria Child and the Eclectic Church of the Future
Leigh E. Schmidt
8 September 2026
As a nineteenth-century social reformer and writer, New Englander Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880) covered a lot of ground: woman's equality, abolition, prison reform, historical fiction, children's literature, and domestic advice. Expansive in her literary and political pursuits, Child brought that same range to her religious inquiries.
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