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	Encyclopedia: Quakers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Quakers are counted among the historic peace churches, and have congregations scattered across the world.
		Quaker marriage ceremonies were performed in the manner as worship, meaning there was no priest or high official to conduct the ceremony and sanction the union.
		Quakers were among the first to pioneer humane treatment for the mentally ill, with The Retreat, in York England, an asylum set up by William Tuke (1732–1822) as a reaction to the harsh nature of 18th century asylum care.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Quakers (4238 words)

	ipedia.com: Religious Society of Friends Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Quakers did not believe in performing any special rites or sacraments, believing that holiness can exist in all the activities of one's life -- all of life was sacred.
		Quaker marriage ceremonies are performed in the manner of Quaker worship, meaning there was no priest or high official to conduct the ceremony and sanction the union.
		Quakers were among the first to pioneer humane treatment for the mentally ill, with The Retreat, in York England, an asylum set up by William Tuke (1732-1822) as a reaction to the harsh nature of 18th century asylum care.
	www.ipedia.com /religious_society_of_friends.html (2999 words)

	Call For Textile Artist Aug 2004 - Arts - Kildare Community Network Ireland
		The origin of the term ‘Quaker’ stems from the fits of trembling which members of the Society were said to experience at their meetings, as recorded in the personal testimony of one Thomas Braddock who died in Ballitore in 1731.
		Quakerism was typified by a more personal relationship with God not distanced by the structured, hierarchical forms of religions such as Catholicism and the Church of England.
		The Quaker Tapestry is a unified crewel embroidery of seventy seven separate panels that celebrate the spiritual insights that have motivated the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) since it was founded by George Fox in 1652.
	kildare.ie /arts/notices/quakerism.asp (1511 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Features - Historically speaking
		Always forward-thinking, Quakers were at the forefront of the industrial revolution, of developments in science and medicine, and were among the first to raise awareness of ecology.
		Quakers led the field in adult education, were heavily involved in social reform and the abolition of slavery.
		The tapestry does not shy away from more difficult periods of Quaker history, when, as non-conformists, they were subjected to ridicule, violence and imprisonment.
	news.scotsman.com /features.cfm?id=120452004 (1722 words)

	Quaker Tapestry
		The Quaker Tapestry exhibit showcased a series of 77 crewel embroidery panels that celebrate Quaker insights and ideals, which was conceived of and started in 1981 by an eleven-year old boy and his First Day School teacher, Anne Wynn-Wilson of Taunton, England.
		Inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry, (the 11th century embroidery that tells the story of the Norman Conquest), she selected four basic, ancient stitches - the stem, split, knot, and chain, and a method of laying threads known as Bayeux Point.
		The legacy of the Quaker Tapestry continues, although the British project has been completed and will be permanently housed in an 18th century meeting house in Kendal, England.
	www.guilford.edu /artgallery/Exhibitions/Quaker/Quaker.html (698 words)

	Quaker tapestry -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Quaker Tapestry consists of 77 panels illustrating the history of (The theological doctrine of the Society of Friends characterized by opposition to war and rejection of ritual and a formal creed and an ordained ministry) Quakerism from the 17th century up to the present day.
		The idea of Quaker Anne Wynn-Wilson, the tapestry has a permanent home at the Friends Meeting House at (A green dye, often used to color cloth, which is obtained from the woad plant) Kendal, (A county of northwestern England) Cumbria, (A division of the United Kingdom) England.
		The Tapestry is worked in (Click link for more info and facts about crewel embroidery) crewel embroidery, and a special Quaker stitch was invented for it.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/q/qu/quaker_tapestry.htm (570 words)

	Quakers and the Political Process - Who are the Quakers?
		Quakerism is thus a way of life, putting faith into daily actions.
		Quakers aim to focus on what is essential and eternal, by exercising spiritually-led restraint in their daily lives.
		Quakers try to be consistent in word and deed.
	www.pym.org /exhibit/p045.html (1229 words)

	Celebrating 350 years of Quakers in Bristol
		Quakers have been in Bristol since 1654, when the first meeting was held in the open air in a field near Broadmead.
		The tapestry was stitched by Quakers in the 1980s and depicts the lives and work of Quakers through the centuries.
		Chaired by Diana Francis, Quaker* and peace activist, author of "Rethinking War and Peace"; with Lindsey Hilsum, International editor of Channel 4 News; Bruce Kent of the Movement for the Abolition of War; and Simon Fisher* of the Responding to Conflict Programme in Birmingham.
	www.digitalbristol.org /members/quakers/q350 (1357 words)

	The Quaker Tapestry, exhibitions, workshops and guided tour of this historical tapestry
		The Quaker Tapestry is a celebration of 350 years of Quaker insights and experiences embroidered in narrative crewel work on 77 panels of specially woven wool cloth.
		At a Quaker Yearly Meeting in 1982 she mounted an exhibition of work in progress and her ideas and determination aroused an enthusiastic response from many Friends.
		The Quaker Tapestry is quite unlike any other contemporary embroidery in its style, scope, content, method of execution and consequent effect on many of those who took part.
	www.quaker-tapestry.co.uk /the_tapestry.htm (291 words)

	QHA - Quaker Homeless Action (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as ‘Quakers’ is a Christian organisation which began life in the middle of the 17 th C. If you would like more information on Quakers please visit the BYM site and the fascinating Quaker Tapestry site.
		Quakers have always been eager to promote peace and harmony and to alleviate suffering by practical action.
		Quaker Homeless Action, which seeks to address the problem of homelessness in contemporary Britain is one small example of Quaker ‘hands-on’ practical help.
	www.qha.org.uk (114 words)

	Classic Stitches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Its permanent home is this gracious grade 2 Quaker building in the lovely old town of Kendal, where it attracts a huge variety of visitors, from organised groups of foreign tourists and schoolchildren, to those who have travelled independently to experience it.
		Bayeux point, the ancient technique used in the Bayeux Tapestry, is made much use of and has the added advantage of being economical, as most of the wool remains on the surface.
		The Quaker stitch is a combination of stem and split stitch and is particularly useful when working lettering, as it curves beautifully, making each word neat and clear.
	www.classicstitches.com /spotlight/spotlight.cfm?spotlight_id=15 (1139 words)

	Quakers believe that God speaks to everyone and we worship God as equals – we sit together and try to find a peace ...
		Quakers believe that God speaks to everyone and we worship God as equals – we sit together and try to find a peace within ourselves, which then seems to gather us into silence – we might be prompted to speak or simply listen to words which whelp us in ou
		Quakers believe that God speaks to everyone, and we worship God as equals.
		George Fox, the founder of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), was born in 1624 in Fenny Drayton (then called Drayton in the Clay), a few miles to the north.
	www.coventryquakers.org.uk (860 words)

	Qiet - home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		QIET was established in 1989 by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and registered in that year under the terms of the Charitable Trusts Act 1957.
		Its primary object is "to provide an ethical savings, investment and loan service in such a way as to reflect Quaker concerns." Over the years, the Trust has grown to the extent of having over $1,100,000 in assets by 2005.
		The Quaker Tapestry Exhibition Centre, Friends Meeting House, Stramongate, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4BH, UK Open to the public from early spring to winter every year.
	www.quaker.org.nz /qiet (147 words)

	Embroidery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Embroidery has traditionally been used to decorate clothing and household furnishings including table linens, tray cloths, towels and bedding, but you can literally embroider anything as long as it is made out of an evenly woven fabric and can be held firmly in the hand or in a special embroidery hoop or tapestry frame.
		Embroidery has also been used as a form of art and for decoration, through the creation of embroidered or cross-stitch samplers, tapestries, wall-hangings and other works of textile art.
		One of the world's most famous pieces of embroidery is the Bayeux Tapestry.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/e/em/embroidery.html (338 words)

	Tapestries fine hand woven tapestries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As America’s tapestries experts, Heirloom European Tapestries is the largest USA source for tapestries, wall hangings and decorative accessories for tapestries.
		These tapestries are exquisite reproductions of museum classics from the 12th to the 19th century - periods in which European tapestries achieved a unique grandeur and elegance which only tapestries can provide.
		For expertise in tapestries, there is no one better than Heirloom European Tapestries.
	www.tapestries-inc.com (76 words)

	Utopian Cumbria
		Had a good reputation in land reform circles and was known for the quality of its fruit.
		Quaker craftsman A.W. Simpson from Kendal was involved with the colony after Mills left when it was used for training men sent from workhouses and as a home for epileptic boys.
		Tapestry illustrating 350 years of Quaker history exhibited on 77 panels.
	www.utopia-britannica.org.uk /pages/CUMBRIA.htm (617 words)

	The Quaker Tapestry Exhibition, Kendal
		The Quaker Tapestry is an embroidery of community art, the creation of more than 4000 people in 15 countries over a period of 15 years.
		Such a record is the Quaker Tapestry - a series of 77 seperate narrative crewel embroidered panels, each 25 inches wide by 21 inches deep.
		The panel below (D10) shows three of the many Quaker scientists : John Dalton (who came from Cockermouth in Cumbria), devised the atomic theory; Arthur Stanley Eddington, was the founder of modern astrophysics, and Kathleen Lonsdale, a crystallographer was also an active peace worker.
	www.visitcumbria.com /sl/quaktap.htm (346 words)

	Quaker Books (Quakerbooks.org)
		A description of the process of creating the Quaker tapestry from early vision to connecting the world Quaker community with historical embroidery.
		Quaker Tapestry at Kendal 1999 64 PP Paper
		The Quaker tapestry project created hundreds of tapestry panels from Quaker Meetings on aspects of Quaker History and experience.
	www.quakerbooks.org /get/663000 (88 words)

	Quaker Artists
		Quaker Artists is an entertaining and celebratory read in itself but it has other uses, too: as a source for study groups, a reference for libraries and a curriculum for First Day Schools.
		Traditionally Quakers have been associated with the color gray or, to be more exact, “drab”, which is a sort of yellowish-gray.
		An ardent Patriot and Fighting Quaker, Randolph was the friend of Jefferson, and George and Martha Washington, and served as an artillery ordnance officer during the war.
	www.quaker.org /fqa/sandman.html (3532 words)

	William Penn, by Bill Samuel - QuakerInfo.com
		He was not yet mature in his faith, and the great twentieth century Quaker writer and scholar Elton Trueblood called this book "controversial and superficial." For writing the book Penn was imprisoned in the Tower of London.
		The penal system was designed to reform not just punish, all prisoners except capital prisoners were entitled to bail, work houses were substituted for dungeons, and the the death penalty was limited to murder and treason instead of the 200 crimes in England.
		Quaker Writings Home Page 17th and 18th Century Material: N-Z - includes Advice to His Children, several letters, and a transcript of Penn's landmark trial.
	www.quakerinfo.com /quakpenn.shtml (1376 words)

	The Religious Society of Friends, The Quaker Church in the UK 01
		'Quakers' is a nickname for the Religious Society of Friends.
		If you want to discover more about the history of the Quakers go to the end of this section.
		You know that if you want to hear something, the best way is to be still and quiet and not to have too many things around you to take your attention.
	www.request.org.uk /main/churches/quakers/quakers01.htm (319 words)

	Empty Roads Enjoy the View Car-Free in the UK - Kendal, Cumbria: Page 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The region around Kendal is acknowledged as the birthplace of Quakerism, as George Fox, the founder of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) first visited the Kendal area in 1652.
		Today, Kendal houses the "Quaker Tapestry" which provides an interesting insight into the history and development of the Quaker society over the last 350 years.
		When Anne Wynn-Wilson, a Quaker teacher in the south of England, started making an embroidered tapestry in 1981, she had a vision of producing tapestry panels depicting the Quaker story, perhaps envisaging something along the lines of the Bayeux Tapestry.
	www.emptyroads.com /destinations/the_lake_district/kendal/1.html (340 words)

	The Religious Society of Friends, The Quaker Church in the UK 04
		It was made by as many Quakers as possible from all over the world.
		It was a tremendous project, which brought Quakers together in a special fellowship.
		The Quaker Tapestry is a community textile of 77 embroidered panels, made by 4,000 people from 15 countries.
	www.request.org.uk /main/churches/quakers/quakers04.htm (156 words)

	George Fox University: About GFU
		Higgins will analyze the peace-theme panels of the Quaker Tapestry, a unique visual narrative detailing 350 years of Quaker insights and experiences embroidered on 77 panels of specially woven wool cloth.
		The tapestry is currently housed at the Kendal Friends Meeting House in Kendal, England.
		More information on the tapestry is available at http://www.quaker-tapestry.co.uk/index.htm.
	www.georgefox.edu /events/press.cgi?id=1512 (272 words)

	The Quaker Tapestry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Manfred Frank acrylic display cases were chosen by the Quaker Tapestry in Kendal to protect their totally unique collection of embroidery panels.
		It is a delightful visual chronicle of Quaker life from 1652 to the present day.
		TheMuseum was faced with the problem of protecting the embroidered panels from the increasing numbers of visitors to the Quaker Tapestry Centre at the Friends Meeting House in Kendal.
	www.brit-star.u-net.com /Manfred/Quaker.htm (208 words)

	The Quaker Tapestry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Quaker Tapestry provides a fascinating insight into the Quaker movement and vividly illustrates the Quaker way of life.
		It explores the Quaker journey from the 17th century to the present day as it uncovers over 300 years of social history, beautifully created by 4000 men, women and children from 15 countries between 1981 and 1996.
		Embroidery demonstrations are given by an experienced embroiderer and there is a small costume display for those interested in the dress codes of an earlier age.
	www.travelpublishing.co.uk /CountryLivingNorthWest/Cumbria/QuakerTapestry.htm (197 words)

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		Title of Prepared Response: “Meat and Potatoes at the Center of the RCA Buffet.” • “The Comics Meet the Quakers: Scott McCloud’s Theory of the Comics Employed to Unravel the Quaker Tapestry,” a paper presented at the Popular Culture Association of the South/American Culture Association of the South, Augusta, Georgia, October 8-10.
		The task was participation in preliminary dialogue toward devising ways to test the integration of religious beliefs, personal morality, social values, and conscience and assess the corollary role of the Christian liberal arts college in the process of integration.
		Subject: “Eighteenth Century Quaker Sermons.” •1982: National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow at a Summer Seminar for College Teachers held at the University of Texas at Austin.
	www.regent.edu /acad/schcom/faculty/graves/Vita2000.doc (5397 words)

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