{"id":158,"date":"1837-08-11T15:53:31","date_gmt":"1837-08-11T15:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/158"},"modified":"2014-01-25T23:59:07","modified_gmt":"2014-01-25T23:59:07","slug":"church-document-advises-women-against-public-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/church-document-advises-women-against-public-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Church document advises women against public reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Under the <\/span><em style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Refuge of Oppression<\/em><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> column there is a communication from The General Association of Massachusetts to churches under their care:\u00a0 The lengthy letter cautions against lectures which\u00a0 &#8221; threaten the female character, with wide spread and permanent injury&#8230;.when she assumes the place and tone of man as a public reformer, our care and protection of her 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