Subject search:biography

Trouble maker for justice : the story of Bayard Rustin, the man behind the march on Washington

by Jacqueline Houtman
Paperback, 2019
Tags
American Quakers, 20th century Quakers, Communism, queer, homosexual, equality, New York, pacifism, Fellowship of Reconciliation, prison, WWI — 3 more, WWII, nonviolence, 1963 March on Washington
Collections
NEW BOOKS, B - Biography - Quaker, J - Children/JYFs, Your library
Barcode
6739
Status
Available
Call number
JYF B RUSTIN HOU

The beautiful soul of John Woolman, apostle of abolition

by Thomas P. Slaughter
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
slavery, abolition, Quaker history, Quaker biography, 18th century Quakers, American Quakers
Collections
NEW BOOKS, B - Biography - Quaker, Your library
Barcode
6589
Status
Available
Call number
B WOOLMAN SLA c2

James Nayler : revolutionary to prophet

by David Neelon
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
17th century Quakers, English Quakers, Anthony Nutter, Puritans, Charles I, London, Bristol
Collections
NEW BOOKS, B - Biography - Quaker, Your library
Barcode
6588
Status
Available
Call number
B NAYLER NEE

One-way ticket

by Catherine Bradfield
Paperback, 1997
Tags
Australian Quakers, 20th century Quakers, Quaker biography, WWII, Jewish Nazi Resistance
Collections
NEW BOOKS, B - Biography - Quaker, Your library
Barcode
6708
Status
Available
Call number
B BRADFIELD 1997

Under her skin : the life and work of Professor Fiona Wood, AM, National Living Treasure

by Sue Williams
Paperback, 2022
Tags
Ackworth School, Wales, Australia, Bali bombing, Esso Gippsland, Sari Club, Order of Australia
Collections
NEW BOOKS, BA - Biography - not Quaker, Your library
Barcode
6582
Status
Checked out
Due 3 Dec 2023
Call number
BA WOOD WIL

Banks

by Grantlee Kieza
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
18th century, Australia, England, Sydney Parkinson
Collections
NEW BOOKS, BA - Biography - not Quaker, Your library
Barcode
6579
Status
Available
Call number
BA BANKS KIE

The Quaker poets of Great Britain and Ireland

by Evelyn Noble Armitage
Hardcover, 1896
Collections
A - Quaker Arts, Your library
Status
Available
Call number
A ARM

A song for the unsung Bayard Rustin, the man behind the 1963 March on Washington

by Carole Boston Weatherford Co-Author
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
American Quakers, 20th century Quakers, queer, African Americans, Martin Luther King Jr, 1963 March on Washington, singing, gospel songs, justice, peace, nonviolence — 11 more, faith, prison, civil rights, inequality, injustice, Rosa Parks, A. Philip Randolph, Joan Baez, Mahalia Jackson, John Kennedy, NAACP
Collections
NEW BOOKS, J - Children/JYFs, Your library
Barcode
6565
Status
Available
Call number
JP B RUSTIN WEA large

The life of Richard Cadbury

by Diane Wordsworth
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
19th century Quakers, British Quakers, Bourneville, Moseley Hall, Uffculme, philanthropy, public service, Birmingham
Collections
NEW BOOKS, B - Biography - Quaker, Your library
Barcode
6564
Status
Available
Call number
B CADBURY, R. WOR

Outback Teacher : the inspiring story of a remarkable young woman, life with her students and their adventures in remote Australia

by Sally Gare
Paperback, 2022
Tags
Wyndham, Western Australia, Forrest River, Port Hedland, school, mission, Quaker autobiography
Collections
NEW BOOKS, B - Biography - Quaker, Your library
Barcode
6561
Status
Available
Call number
B GARE

Angel of the prison : a story about Elizabeth Fry

by Jan Johnson
Pamphlet, 1977
Tags
Quaker biography, 19th century Quakers, prison, teaching
Collections
NEW BOOKS, J - Children/JYFs, Your library
Barcode
6494
Status
Available
Call number
JP B FRY JOH small

James Nayler speaking

by Brian Drayton
Pamphlet, June 2011
Tags
Quaker faith, spirituality, biography, Quaker history, 17th century Quakers, theology
Collections
CP - PENDLE HILL PAMPHLETS, Your library
Barcode
6539
Status
Available
Call number
CP 413 c2

A death chosen, a life given

by Hannah Russell
Pamphlet, April 2015
Tags
death, grief, suicide
Collections
CP - PENDLE HILL PAMPHLETS, Your library
Barcode
6365
Status
Available
Call number
CP 432 c2

Quaker biographies : a series of sketches chiefly biographical, concerning members of the Society of Friends, from the seventeenth century to more recent times ; with illustrations

Hardcover, 1914
Tags
William Allen, Thomas Shillitoe, Benjamin Seebohm, Joseph Sturge, "Friends and Slavery", Christine Majolier Alsop, John M and Mary Whithall, "The Botanists, Bartram and Marshall", William Urich Ditzler
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
B QUAKERS PEN v5

Truth: a path and not a possession : a Quaker woman's journey

by Damaris Parker-Rhodes
Paperback, 1977
Tags
Quaker practice, mysticism, silence, spirituality, Quaker faith, community
Collections
CS - Swarthmore Lectures, I - Introduction to Quakers, Your library
Series
Swarthmore Lecture (1977)
Barcode
6309
Status
Available
Call number
I CS 1977 PAR c7

From Vienna to Yogyakarta : the life of Herb Feith

by Jemma Purdey
Paperback, 2011
Tags
20th century Quakers, Australian Quakers, activism, Australian Volunteers International, Quaker biography, Indonesia
Collections
B - Biography - Quaker, Your library
Barcode
6675
Status
Available
Call number
B FEITH PUR

The World of William Penn

by Richard S. Dunn Joint editor
Hardcover, 1986
Tags
17th century Quakers, America, British Quakers, British history, business
Collections
Q - Quakerism, Your library
Barcode
6645
Status
Available
Call number
QH DUN

The Quaker seekers of Wales : a story of the Lloyds of Dolobran

by Anna Braithwaite Thomas
Hardcover, 1924
Tags
Quaker biography, gaol
Collections
B - Biography - Quaker, Your library
Barcode
a00573
Status
Available
Call number
B LLOYD THO c1

A minority of one : a journey with Friends

by Harvey Gillman
Paperback, 1988
Tags
self, language, Jewish, Quaker, queer, stranger, friend, Jung, Adler, circle
Collections
CS - Swarthmore Lectures, I - Introduction to Quakers, Your library
Series
Swarthmore Lecture (1988)
Barcode
6624
Status
Available
Call number
I CS 1988 GIL c3

Prophet against slavery : Benjamin Lay : a graphic novel

by Marcus Rediker
Paperback, 2021
Tags
18th century Quakers, American Quakers, slavery, anti-slavery, Pennsylvania, Benjamin Franklin, Sarah Lay, graphic novel, abolition, boycott
Collections
B - Biography - Quaker, Your library
Barcode
6614
Status
Available
Call number
B LAY LES

People called Quakers

by Doris N. Dalglish
Hardcover, 1938
Tags
John Greenleaf Whittier, John Woolman, Quaker women, Thomas Wilkinson, Stephen Grellet, Caroline Stephen, Quaker history, Quaker biography
Collections
B - Biography - Quaker, Your library
Barcode
4836
Status
Available
Call number
B QUAKERS DAL c1

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, The Journal of John Woolman, Fruits of Solitude Penn

by John Woolman
Hardcover, 1937
Collections
I - Introduction to Quakers, Q - Quakerism, Your library
Barcode
6603
Status
Available
Call number
I B WOOLMAN PENN c3

Sadhu Sundar Singh : a personal memoir

by C. F. Andrews
Hardcover, 1934
Tags
India, missionaries, Sikh
Collections
BA - Biography - not Quaker, Your library
Barcode
1125
Status
Available
Call number
BA SINGH AND

Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack : more than a Bauhaus artist

by Resi Schwarzbauer
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
Germany, Britain, Australia, WWII, Bauhaus, teacher, art, Nazi, Hay, Orange, Tatura — 3 more, Geelong Grammar School, Olive Hirschfeld, Dunera
Collections
B - Biography - Quaker, Your library
Barcode
6604
Status
Available
Call number
B HIRSCHFELD-MACK SCH

Quaker biographies : a series of sketches, chiefly biographical, concerning members of the Society of Friends, from the seventeenth century to more recent times ; with illustrations

Hardcover, 1912
Collections
B - Biography - Quaker, Your library
Barcode
5064
Status
Available
Call number
B QUAKERS PEN v4

Quaker biographies : a series of sketches, chiefly biographical, concerning members of the Society of Friends, from the seventeenth century to more recent times ; with illustrations

Hardcover, 1912
Collections
B - Biography - Quaker, Your library
Barcode
5058
Status
Available
Call number
B QUAKERS PEN v3

Quaker biographies : a series of sketches, chiefly biographical, concerning members of the Society of Friends, from the seventeenth century to more recent times ; with illustrations

Hardcover, 1912
Tags
Isaac & Mary Penington, Richard Davies, Mary Fisher, Elizabeth Hooton, Thomas Ellwood, William Edmunson. John Roberts, "Youthful Disciples", Francis Howgill, Edward Burrough, Boston Martyrs
Collections
B - Biography - Quaker, Your library
Barcode
1304
Status
Available
Call number
B QUAKERS PEN v2

Quaker biographies : a series of sketches, chiefly biographical, concerning members of the Society of Friends, from the seventeenth century to more recent times ; with illustrations

Hardcover, 1912
Tags
George Fox, William Penn, Margaret Askew Fell Fox, The Barclays
Collections
B - Biography - Quaker, Your library
Barcode
4632
Status
Available
Call number
B QUAKERS PEN v1

A book of Quaker saints

by Lucy Violet Hodgkin
Hardcover, 1917
Tags
Quaker biography, Quaker history, JYFs, George Fox, Purefoy, Margaret Fox, Miles Halhead, James Parnell, Reading Meeting, James Nayler, William Dewsbury — 6 more, Mary Samm, Woodhouse, Richard Sellar, Amor Stoddart, Mary Fisher, Stephen Grellet
Collections
B - Biography - Quaker, Your library
Barcode
3206
Status
Available
Call number
JYF B HOD 1917 c2 NOT FOR LOAN

Widening circles : a memoir

by Joanna Macy
Paperback, 2007
Tags
autobiography, memoir, Buddhism, ecology, activism, spirituality, Quakers, environtalism
Collections
BA - Biography - not Quaker, Your library
Barcode
6443
Status
Checked out
Due 3 Dec 2023
Call number
BA MAC

Remaking Friends : How Progressive Friends Changed Quakerism & Helped Save America, 1822-1940

by Charles Fager
Paperback, 2014
Tags
American Quakers, Quaker history, American history
Collections
Q - Quakerism, Your library
Barcode
6388
Status
Available
Call number
Q FAG

Elfrida : Elfrida Vipont Foulds 1902 to 1992

by Susan Vipont Hartshorne
Paperback, 2010
Tags
Quaker biography, 20th century Quakers, British Quakers, WWII, author, writing
Collections
B - Biography - Quaker, Your library
Barcode
6653
Status
Available
Call number
B FOULDS HAR

The Kabul Peace House

by Mark J. Isaacs
Paperback, 2019
Tags
love, peace, nature, service, equality, Kabul, Pashtun, education, nonviolence, violence, community
Collections
P - Peace, war, nonviolence, Your library
Barcode
6434
Status
Available
Call number
P ISA

The Quakers

by Hugh Barbour Co-Author
Paperback, 1994
Tags
Quaker history, Quaker biographies, Lamb's War, worship, Quakers in America
Collections
Q - Quakerism, Your library
Series
Denominations in America (3)
Barcode
6394
Status
Available
Call number
Q BAR c2

Eating Dr. King's dinner: A memoir of the movement, 1963 -1966

by Charles Fager
Paperback, 2005
Tags
American history, desegregation, Selma, Martin Luther King Jr, Atlanta GA, prison, march
Collections
B - Biography - Quaker, Your library
Barcode
6389
Status
Available
Call number
B FAGER

Miss Mary : the Irish woman who saved the lives of hundreds of children during World War II

by Bernard S. Wilson
Paperback, 2020
Tags
Ireland, France, Spain, WWII, Quakers, Jewish, AFSC, refugees, child refugees, 'Righteous Among Nations'
Collections
J - Children/JYFs, Your library
Barcode
6383
Status
Available
Call number
JC BA WIL

Elizabeth Fry

by Georgina King Lewis
Paper Book, 1909
Tags
Quaker biography, history, early Friends, Quaker history
Collections
B - Biography - Quaker, Your library
Series
Friends Ancient and Modern (3)
Barcode
371
Status
Available
Call number
B FRY LEW

A mouthful of petals : Three years in an Indian village

by Wendy Scarfe
Paperback, 2020
Tags
sarvodaya, Gandhi, Jayaprakash Narayan, Sokhodeora Village, India, Bihar, school, Quakers
Collections
T - Travels, Your library
Barcode
6159
Status
Available
Call number
T SCA 2020

Markings

by Dag Hammarskjöld
Hardcover, 1966
Tags
autobiography, Christianity, reflections, Sweden, 20th century, United Nations
Collections
CA - Religious writing - not Quaker, Your library
Barcode
1460
Status
Available
Call number
CA HAM

A fringe of blue: an autobiography

by Joice Nankivell Loch
Paper Book, 1968
Tags
non-Quaker biography, Quaker service, Poland, Second World War
Collections
BA - Biography - not Quaker, Your library
Barcode
4330
Status
Available
Call number
BA LOCH

Prison and chocolate cake

by Nayantara Sahgal
Hardcover, 1954
Tags
non-Quaker biography, memoir, India
Collections
BA - Biography - not Quaker, Your library
Barcode
3986
Status
Available
Call number
BA SAHGAL

Winifred Holtby as I knew her : a study of the author and her works

by Evelyne White
Hardcover, 1938
Collections
BA - Biography - not Quaker, Your library
Barcode
2457
Status
Available
Call number
BA HOLTBY WHI

My Life And Thought

by Albert Schweitzer
Hardcover, 1948
Collections
BA - Biography - not Quaker, Your library
Barcode
4460
Status
Available
Call number
BA SCHWEITZER CAM

James Maxton : the beloved rebel

by John McNair
Hardcover, 1955
Collections
BA - Biography - not Quaker, Your library
Barcode
4512
Status
Available
Call number
BA MAXTON McN

The woman who smashed codes : a true story of love, spies, and the unlikely heroine who outwitted America's enemies

by Jason Fagone
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
American Quakers, 20th century Quakers, history, WWI, WWII
Collections
B - Biography - Quaker, Your library
Barcode
6145
Status
Available
Call number
B FRIEDMAN FAG

Faithful unto death : a story of the missionary life in Madagascar of William & Lucy S. Johnson

by Joseph S. Sewell Foreword
Hardcover, 1896
Collections
B - Biography - Quaker, Your library
Barcode
1103
Status
Available
Call number
B JOHNSON WILS DON

Be the change : a grandfather Gandhi story

by Arun Gandhi
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
children, peace, sustainability, anger, greed, ethics, justice, nonviolence, respect, responsibility, mindfulness — 1 more, family
Collections
J - Children/JYFs, Your library
Series
Grandfather Gandhi (2)
Barcode
6144
Status
Available

Blue ribbons, bitter bread : the life of Joice NanKivell Loch

by Susanna De Vries
Paperback, 2016
Tags
20th century, Quaker Service, WWII, Greece, Australia
Collections
BA - Biography - not Quaker, Your library
Barcode
5953
Status
Available
Call number
BA LOCH DEV 2016

Peace Pilgrim : her life and work in her own words

by Peace Pilgrim
Paperback, 1988
Tags
autobiography, spiritual life, N America, pacifism
Collections
BA - Biography - not Quaker, Your library
Barcode
3548
Status
Available
Call number
BA PILGRIM 1988

Encounter with Martin Buber

by Aubrey Hodes
Paperback, 1975
Collections
BA - Biography - not Quaker, Your library
Barcode
3807
Status
Available
Call number
BA BUBER HOD
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