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Do not fill this in! ==Further reading== {{Refbegin|30em}} *{{Cite book |title=Historical Dictionary of The Friends (Quakers) |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-4483-4 |editor1=Abbott, Margery |editor2=Chijioke, Mary Ellen |editor3=Dandelion, Pink |editor4=Oliver, John William |date=June 2003 }} *{{Cite book |last=Anderson|first=Verily |author-link=Verily Anderson |title=Friends and Relations: Three Centuries of Quaker Families |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton }} (1980) *{{Cite book |last=Bacon|first=Margaret Hope |title=The Quiet Rebels: The Story of the Quakers in America |date=April 2000 |publisher=Pendle Hill Publications |isbn=978-0-87574-935-8 |page=249 }} *Margaret Hope Bacon, "Quakers and Colonization" ''Quaker History''. 95 (Spring 2006), 26β43 *Hugh Barbour and J. William Frost, ''The Quakers''. (1988), 412 pp.; historical survey, including many capsule biographies [https://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=98470032 online edition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627174456/http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=98470032 |date=27 June 2012 }} *{{Cite book |last=Barbour|first=Hugh |title=The Quakers in Puritan England |date=October 1985 |publisher=Friends United Press |isbn=978-0-913408-87-2 |page=272}} *Philip Benjamin, ''Philadelphia Quakers in an Age of Industrialism, 1870β1920'' (1976) *J. Brent Bill, ''Holy Silence: The Gift of Quaker Spirituality'' {{ISBN|1-55725-420-6}} *David Boulton, ed., 2006, ''Godless for God's Sake: Nontheism in Contemporary Quakerism'' Dales Historical Monographs. {{ISBN|0-9511578-6-8}} *Michael L. Birkel, ''Silence and Witness: The Quaker Tradition'' {{ISBN|1-57075-518-3}} (in the UK, {{ISBN|0-232-52448-3}}) *William C. Braithwaite, ''The Beginnings of Quakerism''. (1912); revised by Henry J. Cadbury (1955) [https://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=62095557 online edition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721190623/http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=62095557 |date=21 July 2012 }} *William C. Braithwaite, ''Second Period of Quakerism''. (1919); revised by Henry Cadbury (1961), covers 1660 to 1720s in Britain *Howard H. Brinton, ''Friends for 350 Years'' {{ISBN|0-87574-903-8}} *Peter Brock, ''Pioneers of the Peaceable Kingdom''. (1968) on Peace Testimony from the 1650s to 1900 *Edwin B. Bronner, ''William Penn's Holy Experiment'' (1962) *G. B. Burnet, ''Story of Quakerism in Scotland''. The Lutterworth Press 2007, Cambridge {{ISBN|978-0-7188-9176-3}} *Jennifer Connerley, ''Friendly Americans: Representing Quakers in the United States, 1850β1920'' PhD dissertation U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2006. 277 pp. Citation: DAI 2006 67(2): 600-A. DA3207363 online at [[ProQuest Dissertations & Theses]] *Wilmer A. Cooper, ''A Living Faith: An Historical and Comparative Study of Quaker Beliefs'' 2nd ed. {{ISBN|0-944350-53-4}} *A. Glenn Crothers, ''Quakers Living in the Lion's Mouth: The Society of Friends in Northern Virginia, 1730β1865''. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2012 *Pink Dandelion, ''A Sociological Analysis of the Theology of the Quakers: The Silent Revolution'' ([[Lewiston, New York]]: [[Edwin Mellen Press]], 1996) {{ISBN|0-7734-8807-3}} *Pink Dandelion, ''The Quakers: A Very Short Introduction'' {{ISBN|978-0-19-920679-7}} *Adrian Davies, ''The Quakers in English Society, 1655β1725'' (2000) 261 pp. *Robert Doherty, ''The Hicksite Separation''. (1967), uses the new social history to inquire who joined which side *Mary Maples Dunn, ''William Penn: Politics and Conscience'' (1967) *J. William Frost, ''The Quaker Family in Colonial America: A Portrait of the Society of Friends''. (1973), emphasis on social structure and family life *J. William Frost, "The Origins of the Quaker Crusade against Slavery: A Review of Recent Literature", ''Quaker History'' 67 (1978): 42β58. {{JSTOR|41946850}} *Jonathan Fryer, ed., ''George Fox and the Children of the Light'' (London: Kyle Cathie, 1991) {{ISBN|1-85626-024-0}} *Harvey Gillman, ''A Light that is Shining: Introduction to the Quakers'' {{ISBN|0-85245-213-6}} *George H. Gorman, ''Introducing Quakers''. (3rd revised reprint) (London: Quaker Home Service, 1981) {{ISBN|0-85245-005-2}} *Gerard Guiton, ''The Growth and Development of Quaker Testimony'' {{ISBN|0-7734-6002-0}} *Thomas Hamm, ''The Quakers in America''. (2003). 293 pp., strong analysis of current situation, with brief history *Thomas Hamm, ''The Transformation of American Quakerism: Orthodox Friends, 1800β1907''. (1988), looks at the impact of the Holiness movement on the Orthodox faction *Thomas D. Hamm, ''Earlham College: A History, 1847β1997''. (1997) 448 pp. *Jean Hatton, ''Betsy: The Dramatic Biography of Prison Reformer Elizabeth Fry'' (2005) {{ISBN|1-85424-705-0}} and {{ISBN|0-8254-6092-1}} *Jean Hatton, ''George Fox: Founder of the Quakers'' (2007) {{ISBN|1854247530}} and {{ISBN|978-0-8254-6106-4}} *Hubbard, Geoffrey, ''Quaker by Convincement''. {{ISBN|0-85245-189-X}} and {{ISBN|0-14-021663-4}} *Joseph E. Illick, ''Colonial Pennsylvania: A History''. 1976. [https://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=4151675# online edition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529074305/http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=4151675 |date=29 May 2012 }} *H. Larry Ingle, ''First Among Friends: George Fox and the Creation of Quakerism'' {{ISBN|0-19-507803-9}} and {{ISBN|0-19-510117-0}} *H. Larry Ingle, ''Nixon's First Cover-up: The Religious Life of a Quaker President'' {{ISBN|978-0-8262-2042-4}} *H. Larry Ingle, ''Quakers in Conflict: The Hicksite Reformation'' {{ISBN|0-87574-926-7}} *Sydney James, ''A People among Peoples: Quaker Benevolence in Eighteenth-Century America''. (1963), broad-ranging study that remains the best history in America before 1800 *Rufus M. Jones, Amelia M. Gummere and Isaac Sharpless. ''Quakers in the American Colonies'' (1911), history to 1775 [https://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=6633084 online edition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626172047/http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=6633084 |date=26 June 2012 }} *Rufus M. Jones, ''Later Periods of Quakerism''. 2 vols. (1921), covers England and America until World War I. *Rufus M. Jones, ''The Story of George Fox''. (1919) 169 pp. [https://archive.org/details/storygeorgefox00jonegoog online edition] *Rufus M. Jones, ''A Service of Love in War Time: American Friends Relief Work in Europe, 1917β1919'' (1922) [https://archive.org/details/aserviceloveinw01jonegoog online edition] *Ryan Jordan, "The Dilemma of Quaker Pacifism in a Slaveholding Republic, 1833β1865", ''Civil War History'' Vol. 53, 2007 [https://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5020095133 online edition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729212133/http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5020095133 |date=29 July 2012 }} *Ryan Jordan, ''Slavery and the Meetinghouse: The Quakers and the Abolitionist Dilemma, 1820β1865''. (2007) 191 pp. *Thomas C. Kennedy, ''British Quakerism, 1860β1920: The Transformation of a Religious Community''. (2001). 477 pp. *Rebecca Larson, ''[[Daughters of Light]]: Quaker Women Preaching and Prophesying in the Colonies and Abroad, 1700β1775'' (1999) 399 pp. *James David LeShana, {{"'}}Heavenly Plantations': Quakers in Colonial North Carolina." PhD dissertation: U. of California, Riverside 1998. 362 pp. DAI 2000 61(5): 2005-A. DA9974014 Fulltext: [[ProQuest Dissertations & Theses]] *Mark Minear, ''Richmond, 1887: A Quaker Drama Unfolds'' {{ISBN|9780913408988}} *Rosemary Moore, ''The Light in Their Consciences: The Early Quakers in Britain 1646β1666'' (2000) 314 pp. {{ISBN|0-271-01989-1}} *John A. Moretta, ''William Penn and the Quaker Legacy'' {{ISBN|0-321-16392-3}} *Michael Mullet, ed., ''New Light on George Fox'' {{ISBN|1-85072-142-4}} *Gary Nash, ''Quakers and Politis: Pennsylvania, 1680β1726'' (1968) *John Punshon, ''Portrait in Grey : A Short History of the Quakers'' (2nd ed.) (London: Quaker Books, 2006) {{ISBN|0-85245-399-X}} *Ane Marie Bak Rasmussen, ''A History of the Quaker Movement in Africa'' (1994) 168 pp. *Elbert Russell, ''The History of Quakerism'' (1942) [https://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=72364552 online edition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110915215144/http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=72364552 |date=15 September 2011 }} *Harold Smuck, ''Friends in East Africa'' (Richmond, Indiana: 1987) *Douglas Steere, 1967 [http://pamphlets.quaker.org/phd/php151_jr.html On Being Present Where You Are] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214144038/http://pamphlets.quaker.org/phd/php151_jr.html |date=14 December 2007 }} Wallingford, Pa: Pendle Hill Pamphlet No. 151 *Frederick B. Tolles, ''Meeting House and Counting House'' (1948), on Quaker businessmen in colonial Philadelphia *Frederick B. Tolles, ''Quakers and the Atlantic Culture'' (1960) *[[D. Elton Trueblood]] ''The People Called Quakers'' (1966) *John Michael Vlach, "Quaker Tradition and the Paintings of Edward Hicks: A Strategy for the Study of Folk Art", ''Journal of American Folklore'' Vol. 94, 1981 {{doi|10.2307/540122}} {{JSTOR|540122}} *Karen Anna Vogel, ''Christmas Union: Quaker Abolitionists of Chester County, PA''. Murray Pura's Cry of Freedom Series, Volume 5 *James Walvin, ''The Quakers: Money and Morals'' (1997) 243 pp. *Clarence H. Yarrow, ''The Quaker Experience in International Conciliation'' (1979) for post-1945 {{refend}} ===Primary sources=== {{refbegin}} *J. Brent Bill, ''Imagination and Spirit: A Contemporary Quaker Reader'' {{ISBN|0-944350-61-5}} *Amelia Gummere, ed. ''The Journal and Essays of John Woolman'' (1922) [https://archive.org/details/journalandessay01woolgoog online edition] *Rufus M. Jones, ed. ''The Journal of George Fox: An Autobiography'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20070926224431/http://www.strecorsoc.org/gfox/title.html#contents online edition] *Lucretia Coffin Mott, ed. Beverly Wilson Palmer, ''Selected Letters of Lucretia Coffin Mott'', U. of Illinois Press, 2002, 580 pp. *Robert Lawrence Smith, ''A Quaker Book of Wisdom'' {{ISBN|0-688-17233-4}} *[[Jessamyn West (writer)|Jessamyn West]], ed. ''The Quaker Reader'' (1962) {{ISBN|0-87574-916-X}} collection of essays by Fox, Penn and other notable Quakers {{Refend}} ===Children's books=== {{Refbegin}} * Marguerite De Angeli, ''Thee, Hannah!'' {{ISBN|0-8361-9106-4}} * [[Katherine Milhous]] ** ''[[The Egg Tree]]'' {{ISBN|978-0-689-71568-6}} ** ''Appolonia's Valentine'' {{ISBN|978-0-684-92306-2}} * Brinton Turkle ** ''The Adventures of Obadiah'' {{ISBN|0-670-10614-3}} ** ''Obadiah the Bold'' {{ISBN|1-893103-19-6}} ** ''Rachel and Obadiah'' {{ISBN|1-893103-18-8}} ** ''Thy Friend, Obadiah'' {{ISBN|0-14-050393-5}} {{Refend}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). 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