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title: 'The New York Needle-Woman, or, Elsie’s Stars'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Julia McNair Wright'
date: 1868-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Fiction'
- 'Domestic Missions'
- 'Character and Conduct of Life'
scriptures:
- 'Daniel 12'
- 'Exodus 4'
- 'Matthew 25'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/wright-1868-the-new-york-needle-woman-or-elsies-stars
---

# The New York Needle-Woman, or, Elsie’s Stars

A Christian novella about Elsie, a New York needle-woman ministering among tenement families. It depicts urban poverty, charity, children, and the ruin of intemperance.

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