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Inspiration From Quaker Women of the Past

I have received much inspiration and encouragement from the stories of earlier Quaker women who were willing to take the risk involved in proclaiming the Truth given to them.

Marcelle Martin

On Quaker Mothering

The major ministry to which I’m devoting my life at the moment is raising two little Friends. As far as…

Bock Cherice

The Meaning of Disagreements

My first FWCC event was a dinner somewhere near Boston during the 1987 50th Anniversary Campaign. I don’t recall what…

Elizabeth Cazden

Discovering the Sacraments

As Friends, we say that we do not observe outward sacraments be-cause all of life is sacramental. Recently, I felt…

Elizabeth F. Meyer

Althea Sumpter

The question had to be asked, right at the beginning: was she named for Althea Gibson, a tennis player whom…

Kara Newell

Chris and Olga Ahrens

When we married," Ollie says, "we agreed from the start that we wouldn’t build our life on owning things." It’s…

Kathryn Parke

Elizabeth Gray Vining’s Quiet Pilgrimage

Elizabeth Yates McGreal

Elizabeth Yates McGreal

Elizabeth Gray Vining

Elizabeth “Sonny” Meng

Meng—Elizabeth “Sonny” Meng, 90, on May 3, 2022, after a short stay at the Pines Nursing Home in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.…

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Mary Elizabeth “Molly” Logan

Logan—Mary Elizabeth “Molly” Logan, 91, on April 10, 2023, of heart failure at Cokesbury Village retirement community in Hockessin, Del.…

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