Abstract
Barbara Blaugdone was born in England in 1609. Her journal entitled An Account OF THE TRAVELS; Sufferings & Persecutions was published in 1691. It is an autobiographical work where she relates her personal and perilous adventures, as a testimony of what she endured when she traveled both in England and Ireland to spread the word of God as a female Quaker preacher. Her journal began with the day she decided that it was her duty to "take up the cross and advocate for her belief." Her account is a good example of the courage and independence which characterised female Quakers in the mid of the 17th century England. Barbara Blaugdone died in 1704 at a very old age. To what extent can we say that An Account OF THE TRAVELS Sufferings & Persecutions is a testimony of a female Quakers' courage and determination to convert people to her faith thus confronting the harshness and intolerance of the 17th century English society? Our study will be divided into two parts; firstly we will focus on women and Quakerism in the 17th century. Then we will analyse Barbara Blaugdone's devotion to Quakerism through her travels.
