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The concise new Partridge dictionary of slang and unconventional English. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-21259-5. Robinson, Mairi (1985). Concise Scots Dictionary. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press Ltd. ISBN 1-902930-00-2; Ronowicz, Eddie; Yallop, Colin (2006). English: One Language, Different Cultures. Continuum International Publishing Group.
The Quakers have historically believed in equality for men and women. Two Quaker women are part of the history of science, specifically astronomy. Jocelyn Bell Burnell, from Northern Ireland, is credited with being a key part of research that later led to a Nobel Prize Physics. However, she was not a recipient of the prize. [3]
The Quaker's belief that men and women are equally responsible for sharing their spiritual stories was somewhat unusual among the faiths present in New England in the eighteenth century. In this way, the Quaker community challenged the dominant culture: in fact, for a time Rhode Island was the sole state in which anti-Quaker legislation did not ...
Sarah Stickney Ellis, born Sarah Stickney (1799 – 16 June 1872), also known as Sarah Ellis, was an English author.She was a Quaker turned Congregationalist.Her numerous books are mostly about women's roles in society. [1]
Priscilla Wakefield, nee Priscilla Bell (31 January 1751 – 12 September 1832) was an English Quaker philanthropist and prolific author. She promoted social projects for the benefit of women and children such as schools and maternity hospitals.
A Measure of Our Values: goals & dilemmas in the upbringing of children: ISBN 0-85245-170-9: 1984 Laurence Lerner: Two Cinnas: Quakerism, Revolution and Poetry. A dialogue: ISBN 0-85245-182-2: 1985 Christopher Holdsworth Steps in a Large Room: a Quaker explores the monastic tradition: ISBN 0-85245-188-1: 1986 Quaker Women's Group
In 1967, the Sexual Offences Act was passed in the UK, decriminalizing private homosexual acts between men over 21. (The law was not changed in Scotland until 1980 or in Northern Ireland until 1982.)
All the details of her early life are unknown. She comes to notice in 1656 when she and Martha Simmonds began singing to interrupt Francis Howgill and Edward Hubberthorne at a Quaker meeting. [1] Martha had published her ideas about Quakerism including "O England, Thy Time is Come". [2] This included some text by Stranger. [1]