Whenever I try to trace back my faith in that of God in every one, and the power of nonviolence,…
May 1, 2006
Margaret Hope Bacon
Dear grandchildren, Ever since the bombing of the World Trade Center in New York over two years ago, I have…
March 1, 2004
Margaret Hope Bacon
While many Quakers are familiar with the pioneering work of Elizabeth Fry in Newgate Prison, London, relatively few are aware…
October 1, 2002
Margaret Hope Bacon
Across the road from Byberry Meeting in the 19th century, on the northeast edge of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, stood Harmony…
July 1, 2002
Margaret Hope Bacon
In 1833, Sarah Mapps Douglass, an African American educator, moved from her home in Philadelphia to New York City to…
January 1, 2002
Margaret Hope Bacon
An historical Quaker burial ground that had become a nuisance is restored to its former beauty.
March 1, 1999
Margaret Hope Bacon