Girl Talk: How Friendships between Moravian and Native Women Sustained the Moravian Mission at Shamokin Pennsylvania, 1742–1749

Authors

Lindsay R. Richwine, Gettysburg CollegeFollow

Class Year

2021

Document Type

Student Research Paper

Date of Creation

Fall 2020

Department 1

History

Abstract

From 1742 to 1755, Moravian missionaries attempted to establish a mission at the Indian town of Shamokin. While the Moravians failed to convert any native peoples, they succeeded where other missionaries failed by maintaining a continued presence. By using evidence from sources such as the Shamokin mission diary, this project asserts that it was the friendships forged between Native and Moravian women in the early years of the mission that integrated the Moravians into the community at Shamokin. Through an examination of the lives of the women present at Shamokin in this period, this project situates itself within existing research on Moravian missionary activity and gender relations in colonial Pennsylvania.

Comments

Written for HIST 426: Pennsylvania's Indians

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Recommended Citation

Richwine, Lindsay R., "Girl Talk: How Friendships between Moravian and Native Women Sustained the Moravian Mission at Shamokin Pennsylvania, 1742–1749" (2020). Student Publications. 933.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/933