"[Walker] traces the career of Emma Newman, the first woman licensed to preach by the Congregational Church. Newman's work took her from Boston in 1883 to Kansas and ultimately to California, where she died in 1922. With access to detailed diaries and 90 sermons, Walker examines both the theological and personal elements of Newman's ministry. . . . This book is both a vivid glimpse into the female ministry of the era and an inspiring biography."—Library Journal
December 2000
