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Quakers and Women
The Quaker religion accepted women's leadership early, and many women's rights advocates have been Quakers. Here are some important connections between Quakers and women's history.
About Susan B. Anthony
Biography of Susan B. Anthony, from your About Guide to Women's History.
Mary Dyer
From your About Guide to Women's History: biography and links on the Quaker martyr in 17th century Massachusetts.
Lucretia Mott
From your About Guide to Women's History: information, links and books on this Quaker abolitionist and suffragist.
Martha Coffin Wright
A biography of Martha Coffin Wright, Quaker women's rights activist and sister of Lucretia Mott.
Margaret Fell: Women's Speaking
An early Quaker document defending women's role speaking in the church (which the Puritans opposed on Scriptural grounds).