Emma G. Holloway collection of Society of Friends history 1879-1982

Swarthmore college

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Founded by members of Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia Yearly Meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Swarthmore College was incorporated in 1864 under a charter from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The College opened in 1869 as an college and preparatory school, although the preparatory division was phased out in the 1880s. The Charter was amended in 1908 to remove any formal links to the Society of Friends. The College continues to operate as a liberal arts college with a...

First Friends Church (Pasadena, Calif.)

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Holloway, Emma G., 1874-1962

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Emma Gillingham Holloway was born on 24 September 1874 in North Manchester, Indiana to Silas Holloway and Ellen Roberts Gillingham. She died on 25 August 1962 in Dayton, Ohio. Emma G. Holloway was a pioneer woman doctor. From the guide to the Emma G. Holloway collection of Society of Friends history, 1879-1982, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Society of Friends

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The Society of Friends (or 'Quakers') was formed by George Fox (1624-1691), a shoemaker from Nottingham. In the 1640s Fox travelled throughout England delivering sermons in which he argued that individuals could have direct access to God without the need for churches, priests or other aspects of the established Church. Fox's followers became known as the 'Friends of Truth' and later the 'Society of Friends'. Fox developed rules for the management of meetings, which were printed as 'Friends Fello...