I Was Called: The Voice of Jarena Lee

Jarena Lee
About this Episode
Jarena Lee was born free in a land built on slavery. Denied a pulpit, denied authority, and denied permission, she preached anyway
circa
1836

The Fire That Wouldn't Stay Contained

Abby Kelley Foster
About this Episode
A Quaker abolitionist's fight for others' freedom becomes a fight for her own voice, opening a series on the women of the suffrage era.
circa
1838

Isaac Hecker: The Question He Refused to Stop Asking

Isaac Hecker
About this Episode
The story of Isaac Hecker, founder of the Paulists, and his insistence that spiritual and civic life are not separate --- and why that question now belongs to the whole world.
circa
1858