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Sue Glover Frykman writes about a retreat on Margaret Fell in Sweden

Margaret Fell in Sweden

Sue Glover Frykman writes about a retreat on Margaret Fell in Sweden

by Sue Glover Frykman 22nd December 2017

In Sweden little is known about Margaret Fell’s life, work and writings – in Quaker circles and beyond. Most of the early Friends that are spoken or written about are men. This term, at the Quaker Retreat Centre near Rimbo, Julia Ryberg and I were minded to offer a retreat on Margaret Fell, the ‘Mother of Quakerism’, and share with others what she means for and to us.