Elizabeth Hooton. 1600-1672
The first of the female Quaker ministers.
In 1651, she was imprisoned in Derby for ‘reproving a priest’. (Derby Courthouse)
Elizabeth who?
Elizabeth Hooton
Elizabeth who?
Elizabeth Hooton
Is that with one T or two?
Sent down
from this courtroom, whose
earlier judgement – You
rant
before the Lord, you
Quaker –
named a movement
Launched a man
into history
His disciple? (Or was she a mentor?)
She followed him
To here. Then from here.
Into prison. In Derby.
For a year? For reproving
the clergy.
Elizabeth.
Elizabeth who?
With one T or two?
poem by Geoffrey Mann
Quiz
Elizabeth is known as the first Quaker female missionary who convinced the founder of the Quakers, George Fox, that God anointed women for ministry as well as men. She was was imprisoned in Derby in 1651 for:
[A] ‘ignoring a priest’
[B] “reproving a priest”
[C] “reproving her husband”
Read more about Elizabeth here
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