A conservative Evangelical icon was secretly a queer feminist
<p>In 1953, Betty Howard, as she was originally called, married a missionary named Jim Elliot. In 1956, he was was slaughtered in the jungle of Ecuador.</p>
<p>Evangelicals became very interested in this ‘martyr’, and she published two books, <em>Though Gates of Splendor</em> and <em>Shadow of the Almighty, </em>presenting him as a saint. Each were received as classics of the faith.</p>
<p>She continued their work in Ecuador, then became disillusioned by the idea of “converting” Third World people. She returned to America in 1964, much in demand as a speaker—but her heart wasn’t in it.</p>
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