Society of Friends

MP came from the English middle class, and was born into the Anglican church. After an early disregard for religion, then a long period of spiritual struggle, she became a Quaker .

She was born into a family of Quakers . Her parents, however, were less strict in their observances than their own parents had been, and later strayed into other beliefs. Her mother dressed Anna Mary...

She was brought up in Leeds in an English, radical Quaker family with Liberal politics who were committed to humanitarian pursuits. The family was of prosperous middle-class standing, but IOF was brought up with a...

Although her parents were religious, the young MP had a disposition to keep company unrestrained by the cross of Christ. She lived for many years in disobedience to his holy will, repeatedly hardening her...

JW , a Londoner with possible Welsh heritage, was a restless seeker after religious truth, apparently throughout her life. She sometimes dressed in sackcloth and ashes as a mark of penitence, for as much as...

After seriously injuring her ankle at the age of fourteen, AS was dependent on horses for mobility for the rest of her life. Her gratitude towards these animals, coupled with the Quaker and Rousseauvian values...

She was baptised an Anglican , and her Anglican family disowned her when she joined the Society of Friends . Her conversion, which made her the first Londoner to join the Quakers, probably happened around...

She was originally a Baptist and was converted to Quakerism by James Nayler . She remained loyal to Nayler, even after he was disgraced and condemned by George Fox . RT organised the first women's...

The family was somewhat rigidly Quaker . As a girl MH entertained rebellious feelings about the severity of their religion, their ban on stylish clothes and artistic beauty. Early in her marriage she felt drawn...

IM was born Irish but grew up in England from babyhood, with holidays in Ireland. Her mother's family, with a history as Anglo-Irish adherents of the Church of Ireland , had come down in the...

VA was accepted as a member of the Society of Friends ; she remained a Quaker during the remaining two months of her life.

The Ford family did not conform to the stricter rules of the Quaker denomination, and Isabella and her siblings were allowed to dance, paint, play instruments, and sing. The children also developed strong senses of...

A year later she was still seeking a mentor; but in due course she joined the Society of Friends . After she was well established in her faith, she retained the habit of retiring alone...

It sounds as if EB 's parents were English Quakers of the rising London middle class. In her first publication she wrote that God called her by his grace even in my tender Years.

In 1759 MD sought official permission from the Society of Friends to travel to America and preach there. Permission was denied by William Miller of Edinburgh, and this seems to have precipitated a movement by...