Talk:Quakers

Article Checklist for "Quakers"

Workgroup category or categories	Religion Workgroup, History Workgroup [Categories OK]
Article status	Developed article: complete or nearly so
Underlinked article?	No
Basic cleanup done?	Yes
Checklist last edited by	--Todd Coles 12:03, 29 August 2007 (CDT); upgrade status Richard Jensen 17:27, 30 August 2007 (CDT)

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Other reform

Prison reform is another major area of historical Quaker activism. Lesser areas include hospital reforms and assylums.  —Stephen Ewen (Talk) 12:09, 29 August 2007 (CDT)

"...it is of interest to note that four physicians of Quaker background (Drs. Elias Cooper, Levi Lane, and Henry Gibbons Senior and Junior) at different periods during the half century from 1858 to 1908 played key roles in founding the first medical school on the Pacific Coast and in assuring its survival. Their success in creating and preserving the institution, under the difficult circumstances of the times, can best be attributed to the shared idealism of their common religious heritage."[1]

 —Stephen Ewen (Talk) 12:41, 29 August 2007 (CDT)

I think a section, outside of just a mention in the introduction, on their civic reforms would be a valuable contribution to this article. --Todd Coles 13:49, 29 August 2007 (CDT)

Misc.

Apparently there has been scholarly work done on Quaker Aesthetics. That's a very interesting twist.

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/dkastner/317569444/ - Quaker meeting house erected in 1761.
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshhough/320546627/ - Quaker meeting house in Ramallah, Palestine
  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshhough/320546972/ It's interior
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/1198664169/ - The Great Friends Meeting House, built in 1699

 —Stephen Ewen (Talk) 22:06, 29 August 2007 (CDT)

There are a lot of good Meeting House pictures here too - http://www.flickr.com/photos/qmh/

Some of these would fill out the article nicely - I especially like the Palestinian one, perhaps up near the Current Status section that talks about the internationality of Quakers. I also think it would be good to find an example of the simple Quaker dress. --Todd Coles 19:00, 31 August 2007 (CDT)

visibility

good pictures of Penn and Fox; I lightened the heavy contrast. Richard Jensen 19:59, 30 August 2007 (CDT)