Even more remarkably, “Mother Ann’s” loyal followers would go on to invent devices you may have in your home right now, from mail order seed packets to the circular saw. And, like the early leader of ...

On Monday, Jan. 2, Shaker Sister Frances Carr died at the age of 89. She had been a Shaker for almost 80 years and passed away at the Shaker community at Sabbathday Lake in Maine. Through my own ...

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In the trailer for The Testament of Ann Lee—the Amanda Seyfried drama in theaters now—you’ll see much of what you might expect from a film about early American religion. There’s spirited devotional ...

NEW GLOUCESTER – A Route 26 bypass, constructed in 2007, successfully restored some tranquility to the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village by diverting nearly 15,000 vehicles per day away from the ...

COLONIE–Think about the Shakers and three things are likely to come to mind: chairs, boxes and white women. If that is the case, this week offers you the opportunity to dig deeper into the history of ...

On January 2, 2017, a small, distinctive, and beautiful world in our midst moved a bit closer to its own end. The first Monday of the New Year saw the passing of Sister Frances Carr, one of the last ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shaker women, such as the women pictured on the left, invented all sorts of things, including the circular saw. In the 2025 ...