Jemima Wilkinson

Overview

Jemima Wilkinson born Cumberland, RI November 29, 1752 (d. 1819). Quaker pacifist; founded Universal Friends Society, 1775; utopian commune Lake Seneca, 1790.

Quotations

"Do unto all men as you would be willing they should do unto you." (Notable American Women III:609; photo from David Hudson's History 1821)