Emily Gardner Phenis
/Overview
Emily Gardner Phenis born Union County, Indiana January 16, 1825 (d. 1906). Quaker schoolteacher and reformer; radical non-resistant abolitionist; vegetarian. Opposed to all use of force. Member of Prairie Home Community, 1844.
Quotations
“[There is] a spirit is working abroad working in the hearts of men and will not let them rest until the right prevails. Woman will yet be free.” (to Esther Wattles, May 10, 1846, in Thomas Hamm, “The Limits of the Peace Testimony”, 1993, p. 12; photo findagrave.com)