Margaret Askew Fell Fox Quotes


God hath put no such difference between the Male and Female as man would make.


Citations

Fell, Margaret. Womens Speaking Justified, Proved and Allowed of by the Scriptures. London, 1666.

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Margaret Askew Fell Fox
Margaret Askew Fell Fox
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  • Died: April 23, 1702
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  • Profession: Theologian, Writer

Margaret Fell or Margaret Fox was a founder of the Religious Society of Friends. Known popularly as the "mother of Quakerism," she is considered one of the Valiant Sixty early Quaker preachers and missionaries. Her daughters Isabel (Fell) Yeamans and Sarah Fell were also leading Quakers.