American Quaker Activism: Emerging Leadership, Evolving Faith, and Extraordinary Change

Authors

Catherine Gillette, The College of WoosterFollow

Abstract

This project examines the involvement of American Quakers in social justice and peace movements in U.S. history. Specifically, it focuses on three case studies--the Quaker involvement in abolishing slavery, the Alabama Quakers who moved to Monteverde, Costa Rica, and the Quaker activists of the Vietnam War Era.

Advisor

Holt, Katie

Department

History

Recommended Citation

Gillette, Catherine, "American Quaker Activism: Emerging Leadership, Evolving Faith, and Extraordinary Change" (2013). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 3788.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/3788

Disciplines

Christian Denominations and Sects | United States History

Keywords

quakers, friends, afsc, peace, pacifism, social justice

Publication Date

2013

Degree Granted

Bachelor of Arts

Document Type

Senior Independent Study Thesis Exemplar