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BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Spring 1781 Niskeyuna, NY, Massachusetts, Connecticut

RESUME Mother Ann Lee of the Shakers Manchester, England and later Niskeyuna, New York


 * Profile** An **e**xperienced woman in life that has been spoken to by the lord through visions and utilizes leadership skills to lead as many as possible to a life that is cleansed by the imperfect place that our world is becoming.


 * Experienced** in manufacturing, preaching, leading, having spiritual visions, communication and providing stable foundations for new societies.


 * Professional Goals** include spreading the Shaker beliefs by promoting the ideas of equality between race and gender, promoting celibacy, setting up utopias where everyone is self-sufficient and equal, take in orphans and raise them spiritually and show people that there is a deeper meaning to life.


 * Education** none


 * Special Skills** preaching, converting, missionary-like work, helping people find God within themselves, celibacy, building settlements, oratory skills


 * Defining Traits** pious, determined, persistent, charismatic, leader, welcoming, caring, coverted, pure, self-sufficient, creative


 * Experience**
 * lead the Shaker movement
 * created 19 Shaker settlements
 * converted nearly 20,000 people
 * Christ's female counterpart
 * receive visions from Christ
 * showed many that truly connecting with God starts with inner-light and confessing sin
 * led a movement out of the Quaker faith

Elder Frederick W. Evans-** Another prominent Shaker leader at the time, he witnessed the works of Mother Ann Lee and shared the same beliefs. He was first influenced by Mother Ann Lee herself and it was her preaching that got him to become a part of this faith. He went on later to write more than four books and numerous lectures.
 * References


 * George Fox-** Fox was the leader of the Quaker movement which was where the Shaker religion was spawned off of. It was his preaching of using one's inner light and tearing down the boundaries of prejudice that created the platform for Mother Ann Lee's own preachings. George Fox shared many of the same basic beliefs as Mother Ann Lee and could surely attest to that.

[]. Shakers in Early American History: A Utopian Movement Practicing Authentic Christianity. American History. 24 Feb 2010.

[]. Ann Lee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 24 Feb 2010.

[]. Mother Ann Lee Biography from Who2.com. Biographies from Who2.com. 24 Feb 2010.