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19 Cards in this Set
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George Cadbury
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While still very young, he joined the family business -- a famous English cocoa and chocolate manufacturing company. He is well-known for the social reforms he introduced for factory workers.
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Lydia Darragh
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As a Quaker housewife, this Revolutionary War spy had a foolproof cover. On the night if December 2, 1777, the unsuspecting commander of the British forces in the colonies, took over a room in her house to plot a surprise attack on General Washington, Lydia hid in a closet and took notes. When the Red Coats marched, Washington's troops were ready for them, and won the battle.
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Mary Dyer
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A native Englishwoman, she settled in America and became a Quaker. Because if her missionary work and commitment to Quakerism, she was persecuted in Puritan Massachusetts, and hanged for protesting anti-Quaker laws in the colony.
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Edward Hicks
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Folk painter; best known for his painting, THE PEACEABLE KINGDOM, of which there are many versions in existence.
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Herbert Hoover
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Headed the relief bureaus during and after WW1. He was the 31st president of the United States.
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Rufus M. Jones
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A founder of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC); famous philosopher.
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Dolley Madison
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Born a Quaker, she was President Thomas Jefferson's hostess for social events when her husband was Secretary of State. She was then First Lady when her husband was president. When the British attacked Washington, DC in 1812, she saved important government documents and a famous portrait of George Washington.
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Susan B. Anthony
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She worked against slavery and was a leader of the the women's suffrage movement.
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Moses Brown
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When he became a Quaker in his thirties, he immediately freed all his slaves. His intense interest in education led him to contribute money to schools and societies, including Rhode Island College, which became Brown University.
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Maria Mitchell
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Encouraged by her father, she learned to use a telescope. Ker discovery of a new comet led to her being the first woman allowed to be a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Lucretia Coffin Mott
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Another leader of the fight for women's rights. She also organized the Female Anti-Slavery Society and her home was a station in the Underground Railroad.
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Richard Nixon
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He was a congressman from California, then a senator and vice president. As the 37th president, he was well-known for his foreign policy. He resigned (the first president to do so) over the Watergate Scandal.
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William Penn
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Founder of Pennsylvania. He made fair deals and paid the Native Americans for their land, and designed the capital city of Philadelphia.
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Betsy Ross
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Legend says that she designed and made the first American flag.
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Elizabeth Gray Vining
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Tutor to Japan's Crown Prince Akihito following WWII; today her former pupil is Emperor Akihito of Japan.
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Benjamin West
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A portrait painter in Philadelphia and London; his paintings have great historical significance.
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John Greenleaf Whittier
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A great poet, and an abolitionist editor and writer.
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John Woolman
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It was due to his work as an abolitionist that by 1787 no Quakers owned slaves.
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Judi Dench
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A Quaker actor from England. She had received many honors for her work on stage, film, and television. In 1999 she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE. She is well loved for her work in the British sitcoms AS TIME GOES ON and A FINE ROMANCE. She is perhaps most widely known for her role as James Bonds boss in the spy satire series. She is a patron of the Quaker performing arts group THE LEAVENERS in London.
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