Theologians:
Lindsey Hankins. Dr. Hankins is Assistant Professor of Theology at George Fox University.
Alyce McKenzie. Dr. McKenzie is Professor of Preaching and Worship at Perkins School of Theology (SMU).
Jessica LaGrone. Rev. LaGrone is the Dean of Chapel at Asbury Theological Seminary.
Primary Sources:
Clark, Elizabeth A.Women in the Early Church. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1983.
Briggs, Emilie Grace. "The Restoration of the Order of Deaconesses." Biblical World 41 (1913): 382–390.
Secondary Sources:
Hardwick, Dana.Oh Thou Woman That Bringest Good Tidings: The Life and Work of Katharine C. Bushnell. Kearney, NE: Morris, 1995.
Zink-Sawyer, Beverly. From Preachers to Suffragists: Woman's Rights and Religious Conviction in the Lives of Three Nineteenth-Century American Clergywoman. Louisville, KY: WJK, 2003.