Quakers

Christian religious movement Religious Society of FriendsGeorge Fox, the principal early leader of the QuakersTheologyVariable; depends on meetingDistinct fellowshipsFriends World Committee for ConsultationAssociationsBritain Yearly Meeting, Friends United Meeting, Evangelical Friends Church International, Conservative Friends, Friends General ConferenceFounderGeorge Fox Margaret FellOriginMid-17th century EnglandSeparated fromChurch of EnglandSeparationsShakers Part of a series onQuakerismGeorge Fox, founder of the Quakers Notable individuals Susan B. Anthony Robert Barclay Hannah Jenkins Barnard Anthony Benezet Kenneth E. Boulding Howard Brinton John Cadbury Carla Denyer Levi Coffin Anne Conway James Dean Judi Dench William Edmundson Margaret Fell George Fox Elizabeth Fry Joseph John Gurney Edward Hicks Elias Hicks Henry Hodgkin Herbert Hoover Rufus Jones Thomas R. Kelly Benjamin Lay Lucretia Mott James Nayler Richard Nixon Parker Palmer Alice Paul Isaac Penington William Penn Robert Pleasants Bayard Rustin Jessamyn West John Greenleaf Whittier John Wilbur John Woolman Meetings and other groups Yearly Meeting Monthly Meeting American Friends Service Committee A Quaker Action Grou