Overlooked or sidelined? Reading Margaret Fell by Joanna Godfrey Wood

‘Might not the “Mother of Quakerism” have had a more strident, ideas-fuelled role in the formation of the Quaker movement?’

by Joanna Godfrey Wood 14th May 2021

Reading texts written centuries ago can be an unsettling experience. And I wasn’t ‘just’ reading, either. I was copying out every last word of a vast collection of writings, last published in 1710 with the amazing title: A brief collection of remarkable passages and occurrences relating to the birth, education, life, conversion, travels, services, and deep sufferings of that ancient, eminent, and faithful servant of the Lord, Margaret Fell.