April 2008

Margaret Fell’s Writings

by Nancy on April 15, 2008

Margaret Fell was popularly known as the “mother of Quakerism.” She was born Margaret Askew in Lancashire, England. In 1632, she married Thomas Fell, a barrister of who later became a judge and a member of Parliament. In 1652, Margaret was converted to Quakerism by the preaching of George Fox, and her home, Swarthmoor Hall, [...]