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Miriam Wall (b. 1895 or 1896, d. August 1, 1977[1]), also known as Sister Gladys Miriam Wall, was one of the last four members of the Shaker community at Canterbury Shaker Village.
Early Life
editSister Wall was born in Everett, Massachusetts, and had one sister, Eleanor. She became a Shaker at the age of 11[1].
References
edit- ^ a b "SISTER GLADYS MIRIAM WALL". The New York Times. 1977-08-03. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
External links
editIn Shaker kitchen, Sister Miriam Wall
Dorothy Ann Durgin (November 23, 1825-1898) was an eldress of the Canterbury Shaker community who designed and patented the Dorothy cloak.[1] She also wrote over 500 pages of hymns.[2]
Early Life
editDorothy Durgin was born on November 23, 1825, in Sanbornton, NH, to William Durgin and Dorothy Dearborn Sanborn. She had a brother, Henry. Her mother died when Durgin was eight, at which point she and her brother were adopted by Asa and Abigail Bean, her uncle and aunt. Dorothy and Henry were admitted to the Canterbury Shaker Village on July 13, 1834.[2] She was instructed by Mary Whitcher in the Shaker women's school.[3]
Shaker Leadership
editDurgin was a teacher at the Shaker School from 1846 to 1852. Durgin became a Second Eldress under Marcia Hastings in 1852. In 1857, she continued to rise through the ranks and became a First Eldress of the Church Family, and she continued as an Eldress for 46 years.[2]
She wrote over 500 pages of hymns.[2]
The Dorothy Cloak
editDurgin designed the Dorothy Cloak in 1890. The loose-fitting, hooded garment was sold by Hart and Shepard and trademarked in New Hampshire in 1901. Frances Cleveland wore a Dorothy Cloak for the second inauguration of her husband, President Grover Cleveland, in 1893.[4]
Death
editEldress Durgin died of cancer on August 24, 1898. [2]
References
edit- ^ nell_porter_brown@harvard.edu (2017-08-03). "Canterbury Shaker Village, in New Hampshire | Harvard Magazine". www.harvardmagazine.com. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
- ^ a b c d e Paterwic, Stephen (2008). Historical dictionary of the Shakers. Internet Archive. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5959-3.
- ^ Hill, Isaac (2015-04-01). "A Chapter on the Shakers: Reprint". American Communal Societies Quarterly. 9 (2): 89–103. ISSN 1939-473X.
- ^ "The New Hampshire Shakers — ingenuity and worldly ventures". UnionLeader.com. 2020-06-14. Retrieved 2024-05-11.