The Shakers were a radical Christian group known for their ecstatic worship, communal living, and strict celibacy. Founded by ...

Go to the Shakers. See for yourself who and what they are.” -- Eldress Antoinette Doolittle, 1824 They called themselves the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing ...

Throughout history, it has been nothing uncommon for many to see the movers and shakers as troublemakers. Some have an inclination to see things that are not right or not as good as they could be.

Little is known of the early life of Rebecca Cox Jackson, a black woman who became an eldress in the Shaker religion and founded a Shaker community in Philadelphia. Rebecca was born in 1795 to a ...