{"product_id":"mother-ann-lee-nardi-reeder-campion-9781684583386","title":"Mother Ann Lee: Morning Star of the Shakers","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe definitive biography of Ann Lee, founder of the Shaker movement.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This acclaimed, accessible, and thoroughly researched biography documents the life of Ann Lee, a controversial, religious leader and early feminist figure. Lee established the Shaker movement in 1770 in Manchester, England. The core principles of the Shakers were radical: in an era when wives were the possession of their husband, Lee proclaimed the equality of men and women. The Shakers were dedicated to beliefs in absolute pacifism, equality of the sexes, absolute celibacy, and the cleansing of sin through dancing and chanting to shake away the past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Shakers sought inner peace and harmony, but their unusual beliefs, including total abstinence from sex and their exhibitions of mystical ecstasy were considered suspect and led to the imprisonment of Lee and her followers. While jailed, Lee experienced a blinding, soul-splitting vision which reaffirmed her belief in celibacy and named her the second coming of Christ. Seeking religious freedom, she led her followers, known as the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, from England to settle in upstate New York, near Albany. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mother Ann Lee died in 1784, but her movement continued to grow into the nineteenth century with at least eighteen utopian Shaker communities in Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Ohio. Today many of those Shaker settlements are museums. The last remaining Shaker community is at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village near Poland, Maine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nardi Reeder Campion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1684583381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781684583386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brandeis University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Nardi Reeder Campion","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47610957955327,"sku":"9781684583386","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f508b586-6fa1-4e8e-a052-adef94764741.jpg?v=1764510801","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mother-ann-lee-nardi-reeder-campion-9781684583386","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}