Shaking the Faith: Women, Family, and Mary Marshall Dyer's Anti-Shaker Campaign, 1815-1867

by Elizabeth A. DeWolfe and Elizabeth De Wolfe

Book Overview

In the first half of the 19th century, Mary Marshall Dyer (1780-1867) was at the center of an aggressive anti-Shaker movement - an informal yet effective group joined by their despisal of Shakerism and their determination to thwart the new faith. With her husband and their five children, Dyer had been a Shaker for two years, but as her husband grew increasingly attracted to Shakerism, Dyer's own commitment waned, and when she announced she was leaving...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403966125
• ISBN13: 9781403966124
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.8"