TY - BOOK AB - "Ann Lee may be one of the most extraordinary and mysterious women in the history of Western culture. From humble origins in Manchester, England, where she was born in 1736, this illiterate daughter of a blacksmith became a visionary religious leader who was thought by her followers to have been the second incarnation of Christ. When she died in America at age forty-eight, having brought her faithful to a new land on the eve of the Revolution, she left behind a religious movement that was to have thousands of followers and become our most important and successful utopian community."--Jacket. AU - Francis, Richard, CN - BX9793.L4 CY - New York : DA - 2001. ET - 1st U.S. ed. ID - 1380485 KW - Women evangelists KW - Women evangelists. KW - Messianisme. KW - Quakers. KW - Biografie N1 - Maps also on lining papers. N1 - Originally published: London : Fourth Estate, 2000. N2 - "Ann Lee may be one of the most extraordinary and mysterious women in the history of Western culture. From humble origins in Manchester, England, where she was born in 1736, this illiterate daughter of a blacksmith became a visionary religious leader who was thought by her followers to have been the second incarnation of Christ. When she died in America at age forty-eight, having brought her faithful to a new land on the eve of the Revolution, she left behind a religious movement that was to have thousands of followers and become our most important and successful utopian community."--Jacket. PB - Arcade Pub. : PB - Distributed by Time Warner Trade Pub., PP - New York : PY - 2001. SN - 1559705620 SN - 9781559705622 T1 - Ann, the Word :the story of Ann Lee, female messiah, mother of the Shakers, the woman clothed with the sun / TI - Ann, the Word :the story of Ann Lee, female messiah, mother of the Shakers, the woman clothed with the sun / ER -