the Open Brethren women members were encouraged to be Sunday school teachers, workers among women, hospital visitors, Bible women, and mis-sionaries – principally tasks involving evangelism or nurture. There was one way, however, in which women could make their voice heard in church – through hymn-writing – and probably the most gifted in this respect was Frances Bevan. Yet even with their hymns the female authors remained

DOI link for the Open Brethren women members were encouraged to be Sunday school teachers, workers among women, hospital visitors, Bible women, and mis-sionaries – principally tasks involving evangelism or nurture. There was one way, however, in which women could make their voice heard in church – through hymn-writing – and probably the most gifted in this respect was Frances Bevan. Yet even with their hymns the female authors remained

the Open Brethren women members were encouraged to be Sunday school teachers, workers among women, hospital visitors, Bible women, and mis-sionaries – principally tasks involving evangelism or nurture. There was one way, however, in which women could make their voice heard in church – through hymn-writing – and probably the most gifted in this respect was Frances Bevan. Yet even with their hymns the female authors remained