History

Working for Peace

Perhaps one of the most difficult dilemmas presented by our Quaker testimonies is the tension between seeking to address that…

Emily Greene Balch, Pioneering Peacemaker

Emily Greene Balch, along with her friend and inspiration, Jane Addams, was one of two women with Quaker connections to…

‘The Power,’ Quaking, and the Rediscovery of Primitive Quakerism

"The Power of the Lord," or just simply, "The Power," was a very important concept to the early Quakers, but…

The Making of A Western Quaker Reader: An Interview with Anthony Manousos

In 2000, A Western Quaker Reader: Writings by and about Independent Quakers in the Western United States, 1929-1999 was published…

Looking at the Stars: Two Quaker Women Astronomers

Each summer when I was a little girl, my grand-mother’s cousin, Marjorie Williams, and her father would visit our family.…