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self portrait done in Needlework of Mary Morris Knowles, c.1776 (Royal Collection). Mary Morris Knowles (1733–1807), was an English Quaker poet and abolitionist.She spoke out in favour of choosing her own spouse, argued on behalf of scientific education for women, helped develop a new form of needle painting, confronted Samuel Johnson, defied James Boswell, and supported abolition of the ...
A female Quaker preaches at a meeting in London in the 18th century. Quaker views on women have always been considered progressive in their own time (beginning in the 17th century), and in the late 19th century this tendency bore fruit in the prominence of Quaker women in the American women's rights movement.
During the 19th century, Friends in the United States suffered a number of secessions, which resulted in the formation of different branches of the Religious Society of Friends. The Quakers have historically believed in equality for men and women. Two Quaker women are part of the history of science, specifically astronomy.
3/5 Laura Knight and Artemisia Gentileschi feature among a vast array of little-known female artists in this expansive survey at Tate Britain, but some of the work on display only underlines the ...
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]
Corder retired sometime between 1840 and 1845 with the closure of Newington Academy for Girls and moved to Chelmsford where she spent her last years. It was at this time that she began writing in earnest; she had already published Memorials of Deceased Members of the Society of Friends which went through at least six revised editions and in which she wrote on the lives of 18th and 19th-century ...
Quaker pioneers in Russia. Missionary work sometimes called for frequent travel. Quaker women were encouraged to record their sufferings in the face of their faith. These women experienced not only the perils of traveling in the Early Modern Period but also persecution and imprisonment. Women were not alone in facing trials; their families also ...
As educational opportunities were made more available in the nineteenth century, women artists became part of professional enterprises, including founding their own art associations. Artwork made by women was considered to be inferior by the art world, and to help overcome that stereotype women became "increasingly vocal and confident" in ...