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Tuesday 12 September, 6.30pm
Friends House Library, Friends House, Euston Road, London. NW1 2BJ
Mary Morris Knowles: the "Ingenious Quaker" and her connections
A talk by Judith Jennings, Director of the Kentucky Foundation for Women
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Mary Morris Knowles: the "Ingenious Quaker" /contd
The subject of Judith's latest book, Gender, Religion and Radicalism in the Long Eighteenth Century Quaker artist and author Mary Morris Knowles was a woman of many facets - a radical thinker, a brilliant conversationalist, a respected religious writer, an advocate for the abolition of slavery, a poet and a talented artist of needle painting.
The talk will highlight Mary's accomplishments, examine her disputes with Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, and look at the connections between religion, radicalism and gender then and now.
This is a free event. All welcome.
Heather Rowland
Librarian
Library of the Religious Society of Friends in Britain
173 Euston Road
London. NW1 2BJ
direct line: +44 (0)20 7663 1129
main library: +44 (0)20 7663 1135
BeFriend a Book is raising money to help conserve and restore the Library's collections. Go to www.quaker.org.uk to find out more.
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