Exhibit

until December 22, 2011

"Moravian Women"

exhibition in the gallery of the Moravian Archives

Beginning with the development of the choir system and the first female ordinations in the 18th century, the exhibit follows the course of Moravian women in church, schools, and mission over the next two centuries and show portraits of women, artwork by women, such as drawings and calligraphy, and other artifacts related to the work of Moravian women in Bethlehem.

Online Exhibit

You can read the textpanels of the exhibit "Moravian Women" online.

Essay Contest

In conjunction with the exhibit an essay contest was held. We received thirteen entries on the topic "A Moravian Woman that Inspired Me" and on November 9, 2011, the winners were announced.

Read the essays here:

First Place:

Melissa Schaeffer, Sinking Spring, Pennsvylania on Vi Hoffman

Second Place:

Paul M. Holdsworth, Belfast, Northern Ireland on Emma Kinghan

Third Place:

Boden Day, Newark, Deleware on Lee Shields Butterfield

other entries:

• Karen Bunning, Newark, Ohio on Helen K. Simmers
• Emily Cook, Sayre, Pennsylvania on Maria Agnes Roth
• Jonathan Hancock, Carrboro, North Carolina on his grandmother
• Rev. Dr. Willard R. Harstine, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on Ruth Grams
• Martha and Michael Hartley, Winston-Salem, North Carolina on the Women of St. Philips Moravian Church
• Rowena McClinton, Edwardsville, Illinois on Anna Rosina Kliest Gambold
• Margit King Miller, Solomons, Maryland on Margaret Adelaide Shields
• D. Amelia (Amy) Straughan, Green Bay, Wisconsin on Rose Nehring
• Mary Lynn Giesler Tipton, Madison, Wisconsin on Barbara Lind Gordon Giesler
• Helen Desh Woodbridge, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on Elise Chemberlin Krause Desh