Selina Campbell: Fellow Soldier and Bridge Leader in the Cause of Restoration

Selina Campbell exemplifies how women provided critical leadership for the Stone-Campbell Movement in its earliest phases in ways that were integral to the success of the Movement. She functioned as Alexander Campbell’s “fellow soldier” through managing their home and property, and partnering with him in his key ministry successes in journalism, education, and evangelism. Her efforts represent a female form of leadership, “bridge leadership,” that operated behind the scenes but nonetheless shaped the success of her husband’s ministry.