"Her pen produced upwards of eight hundred hymns, eighty short stories, seven novels, lyrics, and scripts for cantatas, and numerous brief essays and non-fiction articles.

"[4] These airs created barriers preventing pastors from connecting with congregations; she argues that while the lessening of professionalism has its dangers,"There should be not regret that the day of the clergy as a "third sex" is over.

[5] Her literary remodels were British author George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans], whom she frequently quotes, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

[1] Jessie even chooses a pen name "Auris Leigh" when writing for the Christian Evangelist inspired by Browning's popular feminist hero, Aurora.

[1] Dr. Sandra Parker worked to reprint some of Pound's work because she believes her work belongs in the American literary canon; After the Western Reserve is a reprint of eleven short stories and the novel Rachel Sylvestre with and introduction by Parker who believes "Pounds' use of dialects, her description of village life, and the development of characters in a half-dozen fictional Ohio communities..."preserve a disappearing rural heritage and chronicle local issues," many of which reflect the powerful influences that the churches—Methodist, Baptist, and Disciples fellowships—had in their communities.