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Author:
Wills, Anne Blue, 1966- author.
Title:
An odd cross to bear : a biography of Ruth Bell Graham / Anne Blue Wills.
Publisher:
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company,
Copyright Date:
2022
Description:
xii, 273 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Graham, Ruth Bell.
Graham, Billy,--1918-2018.
Graham, Billy,--1918-2018.
Graham, Ruth Bell.
Baptists--United States--Biography.
Evangelists' spouses--United States--Biography.
Spouses of clergy--United States--Biography.
Baptists.
Evangelists' spouses.
Spouses of clergy.
United States.
Biographies.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: What language shall I borrow? -- Missionary daughter (1920-1937) -- College and a calling (1937-1943) -- Marrying the ministry (1943-1954) -- Creating a log home in the age of Levittown (1950s) -- A Christian mother on the cusp of a feminist era (1958-1969) -- Poems and prodigals (1970-1975) -- Poetry and politics (1976-1987) -- Prodigals (1989-2007).
Summary:
"The life story of Ruth Bell Graham-wife of famed evangelist Billy Graham-and a critical assessment of her influential representation of twentieth-century white Christian womanhood"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Library of religious biography
ISBN:
0802875815
9780802875815
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1296166029
LCCN:
2022008265
Locations:
CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)
TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

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