On this day, ‘Mother’ Ann Lee and eight members of the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, more commonly known as the Shakers, arrived in New York after a three month journey from England aboard the ship Mariah. Ann was a prominent member of the Wardley Society which was also known as the “Shaking Quakers” because of their ecstatic behaviour during worship services. The Shakers were known for their celibacy and communal utopian lifestyle, pacifism, uniform charismatic worship, and their model of equality of the sexes. They were also known for their simple living, architecture, technological innovation, music, and furniture. In America, the movement peaked in the mid-19th century but today has almost died out completely.
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