| FB-53233-07 | Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars | Sarah A. Curtis | Missionary Utopias: French Women Missionaries in the Early 19th Century | 9/1/2007 - 5/31/2008 | $40,000.00 | Sarah | A. | Curtis | | | | San Francisco State University | San Francisco | CA | 94132-1722 | USA | 2006 | European History | Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars | Research Programs | 40000 | 0 | 40000 | 0 |
This proposal seeks funding to complete a book examining the lives and work of three charismatic early nineteenth-century French missionary women: Philippine Duchesne, Emilie de Vialar, and Anne-Marie Javouhey. By founding and joining religious orders these women gained increased authority to travel outside of France, challenge church power, and evangelize among non-Christians, all roles more commonly ascribed to men in the nineteenth century. Working in very different colonial contexts – North America, the Mediterranean basin, and France’s slave colonies – they also allow us to understand the range of cultural adaptations necessary to successful missionary and imperial work as France restored its empire after the Revolution. |