George Fox

FHA Virtual Lecture – “William Penn: Enigmatic Quaker, Founding Father” by J. William Frost

Join the Friends Historical Association in celebrating the 400th anniversary of George Fox’s birth with a focus on his contemporary, arguably the second most important leader in the early Quaker movement: William Penn. Events include an in-person tour of Pennsbury Manor on May 19 and a virtual lecture by J. . . . (Click here to read more) “FHA Virtual Lecture – “William Penn: Enigmatic Quaker, Founding Father” by J. William Frost”

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Elizabeth Hooten (1603-1672): First Quaker Woman Preacher, a Mother of Quakerism, Part II

By 1656, George Fox was sending some of his followers as missionaries to early colonies in North America. Puritans had sought asylum from religious persecution for themselves in New England but, unfortunately, they persecuted, imprisoned, whipped, expelled, and hanged those who differed from them in religious belief. . . . (Click here to read more) “Elizabeth Hooten (1603-1672): First Quaker Woman Preacher, a Mother of Quakerism, Part II”

By Sandra Fuller, ago

Elizabeth Hooten (1603-1672): First Quaker Woman Preacher, a Mother of Quakerism, Part I

Recently, Quaker historians have been marking a cluster of anniversaries significant to Quakerism. The year 2024 marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of George Fox (1624-1691) who was the founding father of the Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers in 1647 in England. . . . (Click here to read more) “Elizabeth Hooten (1603-1672): First Quaker Woman Preacher, a Mother of Quakerism, Part I”

By Sandra Fuller, ago