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Daughter of Affliction is a religious memoir first published in
1858 by a rural, west-central Pennsylvania woman. The text was
expanded and reprinted in 1871 and 1887. In her memoir, Mary Rankin
reflects on her "protracted sufferings and religious experience."
She also makes reference to many religious, social, and political
happenings of her day, such as camp meetings, county fairs, the
Civil War, and Lincoln's assassination. Additionally, her detailed
descriptions of the medical treatments she received provide direct
insight into the medical practices of the mid-nineteenth century.
Dr. Robin L. Cadwallader's meticulous editing enhances Rankin's
text with additional biographical, historical, geographical,
religious, and medical information. Additionally, Cadwallader's
afterword contextualizes Rankin's time and place, situating her
life and memoir in the evangelical tradition of the
nineteenth-century.
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