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Show NM,UHMUU AUUMHf AIM' UM VWt( WU tVLf Honor Due to the Shakers. Shakers wcro probably tho first among modorn peoples to rccognlzo aud uphold tho equality of woman in domestic, business, social and religious re-ligious economy. Ann Leo, a woman of wonderful mentality, a woman In many respects two centuries In ad-vnnco ad-vnnco of her tlrao, a woman whoso primal Intuitions or whoso spiritual illumination, for she was absolutely unlettered, placed her far ahead of later reform leaders, was the. Dint in western lands to receive the thought of a divine motherhood, coexistent co-existent and cooperative with tho divine di-vine fatherhood In God. Tho logical outcomo of this truth Bhe unhesitatingly unhesitat-ingly promulgated. In tho moral and Intellectual development of her people, peo-ple, woman's equality was Insisted upon. Yet, it was thq equality ot tho truo holpmcot, ns embodied in the Mosaic legend. |