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The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, more commonly known as the Shakers, are a millenarian restorationist Christian sect founded c. 1747 in England and then organized in the U
Historical marker at the Niskayuna Community Cemetery in modern-day Colonie, New York, where Mother Ann Lee is buried
Shaker dance and worship, during the Era of Manifestations
Polly Ann Reed, A present from Mother Lucy to Eliza Ann Taylor, 1851
Hannah Cohoon, The Tree of Light or Blazing Tree, 1845
Ann Lee
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Ann Lee, commonly known as Mother Ann Lee, was the founding leader of the Shakers, later changed to United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing following her death. She was born during th
Shakers
…technological innovation, music, and furniture. Women took on spiritual leadership roles alongside men, including founding leaders such as Jane Wardley, Ann Lee, and Lucy Wright. The Shakers emigrated from England and settled in British North America, with an initial settlement at Watervliet, New York (present-day…
Manchester at Ann Lee's time (1746) panorama
A group of Shakers, published in 1875
Benjamin Osborn's house at Mount Washington
Mother Ann Lee's tombstone