2021

November 2021 Books

The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women’s Rights

By Dorothy Wickenden. Scribner, 2021. 400 pages. $30/hardcover; $14.99/eBook. Context is vital to understanding stories of our past that inform…

Reviewed by Gwen Gosney Erickson

November 2021 Books

Messengers of Encouragement: Stories to Help Us Listen, Support, and Believe in One Another and Pax

By David Hagstrom. Dancing Moon Press, 2021. 150 pages. $14.95/paperback. By Annie Lighthart. Fernwood Press, 2021. 90 pages. $16/paperback. To…

Reviewed by Michael S. Glaser

Viewpoint

Toward a More Inclusive Society

With God’s help, let’s build a community where all can be safe. Emelyn Buskirk

Edward Watson Wood Jr.

Wood—Edward Watson Wood Jr., 96, on April 12, 2021, peacefully at home in Denver, Colo. Ed was born on December… Staff

Edward Franklin Turco

Turco—Edward Franklin Turco, 76, on March 28, 2021, peacefully, with his wife of 40 years, Denise, by his side at… Staff

Nancy Morse Samelson

Samelson—Nancy Morse Samelson, 100, on August 15, 2020, peacefully, at a care home in Sunnyvale, Calif. Nancy was born on… Staff

Susan Jane Freedman Ross

Ross—Susan Jane Freedman Ross, 76, on March 22, 2018, at a convalescent home in Alamo, Calif. Susan was born on… Staff

Elizabeth S. Mosley

Mosley—Elizabeth S. Mosley, 97, on July 12, 2021, in Jenkintown, Pa. Liz was born on August 11, 1923, to Helen… Staff

Ruth Jones McNeill

McNeill—Ruth Jones McNeill, 72, on February 14, 2021, in Corvallis, Ore. Ruth was born in Chicago, Ill., on March 13,… Staff

Gerald (Jerry) Adamson

Adamson—Gerald (Jerry) Adamson, 85, on March 11, 2021, surrounded by his family in Berkeley, Calif. Jerry was born on October… Staff
QuakerSpeak

QuakerSpeak, November 2021

Have you seen the one about a recent online workshop hosted by Beacon Hill Friends House? Facilitated by three members… Staff
November 2021 Books

The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People’s Economy

By Stephanie Kelton. PublicAffairs, 2020. 352 pages. $30/hardcover; $18.99/paperback; $12.99/eBook. When I was a hiring partner for a small general…

Reviewed by J. E. McNeil

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