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One Shaker Life: Isaac Newton Youngs, 1793-1865

Glendyne R. Wergland

In this deeply researched biography, Glendyne R. Wergland draws on Youngs's writings to tell his story and to explore "the tension between desire and discipline" at the center of his life.

Grout-Rice Family History, 1636-1836

Glendyne R. Wergland

Sisters in the Faith: Shaker Women and Equality of the Sexes

Glendyne R. Wergland

Readers are referred to StephenJ. Paterwic's Historical Dictionary of the Shakers (Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2008), for a more complete list of all the important Shaker terms. SistersintheFaith Introduction Through most of the nineteenth ...

Shaker Autobiographies, Biographies and Testimonies, 1806-1907

Glendyne R. Wergland

The American communities they founded were based on ideals of pacifism, celibacy and gender equality. The texts included in this edition come from first-hand accounts of life in the Shaker communities during the nineteenth century.

Shaker Autobiographies, Biographies and Testimonies, 1806–1907

GlendyneR Wergland

Lee. The American communities they founded were based on ideals of pacifism, celibacy and gender equality. The texts included in this edition come from first-hand accounts of life in the Shaker communities during the nineteenth century.