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The Egalitarian Partnership with Margaret Fell Fox

Strong female leadership in the early days of Quakerism.

Amos Smith

Lillian and George Willoughby

Raspberries, bread, serendipity, and nonviolence. Lillian and George Willoughby, members of Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting, were engaged with many projects…

Lynne Shivers

How Quaker Are We? Reflections on the Character of George Fox University

September 9, 1891, marked the official opening of Pacific College in Newberg, Oregon—later to be renamed George Fox College and…

JamieRJohnson

Gifts of Eldering

I had planned this year to take a break from FGC Gathering. Polly, my partner of 27 years, couldn’t come…

Wendy C. Sanford

Lillian's Choices

A family council took place in a large Manhattan loft on December 26, 2003. George and Lillian Willoughby were discussing…

Gregory A. Barnes

Fox News: George Fox Speaking

Our favorite news anchor goes on location with Will "The Quill" Penn and an assortment of dubiously fact-checked historical figures.

Donald W. McCormick

Sleeping with Margaret Fell: A Pilgrimage to 1652 Quaker Country

A pilgrimage to the "1652 Country" retraces the footsteps of early Quaker women.

Maggie O’Neill

Time to Lay Down William Penn’s Sword

The story of William Penn and his sword is deeply embedded in Quaker mythology; so deeply, it seems, that it…

Paul Buckley

A Young Quaker’s Voyage to Philadelphia

Traveling the ocean with William Penn.

Herb Haigh

Interpreting Religious Experience

Quakers do not get religion secondhand, but aim always to be experiential, to wait upon the Light, and then to…

Patricia A. Williams