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You're using a dark mode gadget that interferes with this feature. Disable the gadget to use dark mode. 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. The early history of attitudes towards gender in the Religious Society of Friends (i.e. Quakers) is particularly notable for providing for one of the largest and most equitable roles for women in the Christian tradition at the time, despite not endorsing universal equality until much later. For many outside observers during the first hundred years of Quakerism, the most surprising aspect of Quakerism was that "ministry" – the prerogative to speak during a Quaker meeting – was open to women from the very beginnings of the movement in the 1650s.[1] One of the earliest to formulate direct biblical justification for this was Sarah Blackborow.[2] Marg

Quaker views on women - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Aspect of Quakerism 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 . Part of a series on Quakerism George Fox , founder of the Quakers Notable individuals Susan B. Anthony Robert Barclay Hannah Jenkins Barnard Anthony Benezet Kenneth E. Boulding How

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