Thomas tells us about young
#Quaker woman,
#JemimaWilkinson, who after a grave illness was reborn as the
#genderless , spiritual being the
#PublicUniversalFriend.
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images:
1 Portrait from David Hudson's 1821 biography
2 1796, Western New York
3 depiction of the Quaker concept of the “Peaceable Kingdom” – Edward Hicks
4 First Great Awakening – Hugh Bridport
5 Quaker woman orating at a Friend’s Gathering – G.Schouten
6 The Public Universal Friend – John Mathies, 1816
7 Public Universal Friend sticker - unknown
8 The Public Universal Friend's House - unknown
Sources:
Cleveland, Stafford. History and directory of Yates County [...] and a narrative of the Public Universal Friend, her society and doctrine. Pen Yan, New York: S. C. Cleveland, 1873.
Gordon, Colby. Interview on "Gender Reveal," October 7, 2024. Podcast episode 179, season 13.
Larson, Scott. "'Indescribable being': theological performances of genderlessness in the Society of the Public Universal Friend, 1776-1819." Critical Approaches to Sex and Gender in Early America, vol. 12, nr. 3 (2014): 576-600. (Special Issue, Beyond the Barriers).
Moyer, Paul. The Public Universal Friend: Jemima Wilkinson and religious enthusiasm in Revolutionary America. Ithaca: Cornell University Press: 2015.
Wisbey, Herbert. Pioneer prophetess: Jemima Wilkinson, the Publick Universal Friend. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1964.Kawamoto, Hanna. “'Spiritually unsexed': believers, critics, and early histories of the Publick Universal Friend, 1776-1835. UC Santa Barbara, 2024. (Winner of The Library Award for Undergraduate Research).
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