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Elizabeth Hooton (1600 – January 8, 1672) was an English Dissenter and one of the earliest preachers in the Religious Society of Friends, also known as the Quakers. She was born in Nottingham, England. She was beaten and imprisoned for propagating her beliefs; she was the first woman to become a Quaker minister.
Sep 1, 2006 · Learn how Elizabeth Hooton, a Baptist minister and a spiritual mother to George Fox, played a key role in the birth of Quakerism. Read about her life, travels, sufferings, and ministry as one of the first Quaker women preachers.
Elizabeth Hooton may well have been the first person to be ‘convinced of the truth’ by George Fox . Certainly she was the first of the great Quaker woman missionaries, and one of the group known as the Valiant Sixty. She travelled several times to the New World and endured persecution well into her old age.
A detailed biography of Elizabeth Hooton that includes includes images, quotations and the main facts of her life. Key Stage 3. The Reformation. The English Civil War. GCSE British History. A-level. Last updated: 26th August, 2021
Apr 28, 2010 · Learn about the life and ministry of Elizabeth Hooton, the first woman to become a Quaker preacher and a close associate of George Fox. Read about her conversion, imprisonment, persecution and death in 1672.
Feb 28, 2023 · Elizabeth Hooton: First Quaker Woman Preacher (1600-1672) | Project Gutenberg. The Project Gutenberg eBook of Elizabeth Hooton, by Emily Manners. This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it ...
This encounter is not described as Fox attempting to convince or convert, but as a meeting among equals, and the foremost among those equals was a woman. By 1650, if not before, Elizabeth Hooten was preaching in public.
