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Julie L. Holcomb: 177 years ago, the Seneca Falls Convention kicked off the fight for women’s suffrage – an iconic moment deeply shaped by Quaker beliefs on gender and equality

Real change, Lucretia Mott believed, would require going to the root of the problem: “mindless tradition and savage greed.”

October 23, 2025 · 2 Comments

American Friends Service Committee: New York Times rejects Quaker ad for calling Israel’s actions “genocide”

Many human rights organizations, legal scholars, genocide and holocaust scholars, and UN bodies have determined that Israel is committing genocide or genocidal acts in Gaza.

January 10, 2025 · 12 Comments

John Greenleaf Whittier: Forgiveness

My heart was heavy, for its trust had been
Abused, its kindness answered with foul wrong…

August 5, 2022 · Leave a comment

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