Flashcard sets with a 'shakers' term meaning 'founded by ann lee in the 1770's, it survived the 19th century and went into the 20th. they established 20 communties within the 1840's. they were completely celibat. there were 6,000 shakers by the 1840's. there were more men than women. shakers believed in sexual equality. they also said that there was no clear distinguishment of whether god was female or male. women exercised the most power within the society. lucy bright succeeded ann lee. they tried to create a society which was distinguished from american during chaos.'

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