Bold. Female. Piety.

"These examples of bold female piety were concentrated in rural areas during the first decade of the nineteenth century and were typical of the relatively youthful Baptist and Methodist sects. As such they may be more a symptom of frontier leniency than an example of beneficent evangelical policy toward women."

This quote interested me quite a lot because it made me think about America's History of frontierism and pioneering new ideas.   I had never considered the second great awakening to be seen as a sort of quaint little movement; that women weren't seen as subversive, but rather, quirky.  It is odd to think of this as a sort of movement that grew out of the backwaters of society, from the less educated parts of the U.S.  I had always thought revolutions started from the idea of the intellectuals, those on the fringe, but those on the fringe from being educated.  I thought that they gained the masses' support at a later time...Either way, I enjoyed thinking about the role of gender in this article, and the role of gender within religiosity.