Under Quaker Appointment: The Life of Jane P. Rushmore

If you are a Quaker, you will naturally want to read this portrayal of the remarkable woman—teacher, minister, writer—whose life was synonymous with the Philadelphia Race Street Yearly Meeting and the Friends General Conference. Quaker or not, you will find deep interest and everything to admire in the record of a personality so matter-of-factly devoted to religious tolerance and social progress.

Jane Rushmore's life covers nearly three-quarters of the period during which American Quakerism ...