Women occupied a central place in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century transatlantic Quakerism. They acted as prophets, missionaries, authors and spiritual leaders of their communities. Recent scholarship has offered important insights into the unparalleled public roles available to women within the early Quaker community. But little is known about the networks of hospitality that developed across the British Atlantic that made itinerant missionary service possible. The generosity of countless female Quakers to unknown “Friends” remains an underexplored aspect of early Quaker history. Using printed spiritual testimonies and correspondence exchanged between Quaker missionaries and their female hosts, this article shows how ministers were “sustained” during their travels. Active religious service did not have to equate to ministerial work, and networks of female hospitality provided an important accompaniment to the national and transatlantic Quaker mission.

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维持“信仰之家”：早期跨大西洋贵格会社区的女性热情好客

妇女在 17 和 18 世纪跨大西洋贵格会运动中占据中心地位。他们扮演着各自社区的先知、传教士、作家和精神领袖的角色。最近的奖学金为早期贵格会社区中女性可以担任的无与伦比的公共角色提供了重要的见解。但人们对跨越英属大西洋发展起来的好客网络知之甚少，这些网络使巡回传教士服务成为可能。无数女性贵格会对不知名的“朋友”的慷慨仍然是早期贵格会历史中未被充分探索的一个方面。这篇文章使用贵格会传教士与其女性东道主之间交换的印刷精神见证和通信，展示了牧师在旅行中如何“维持”。积极的宗教服务不一定等同于传道工作，