Quaker
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adjective
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Quakers have traditionally been committed to pacifism.
Pennsylvania was settled by a group of Quakers fleeing religious persecution.
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The family’s roots in the region trace to the 1730s, when Richard Brown from Pennsylvania moved to a Quaker settlement in Loudoun County.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
And it’s odd to see Quaker listed so prominently as their doctrine is famously nonviolent and anti-war.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
He took his oath with his hand on a book of poems by the city’s namesake, Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier, that belonged to the council’s sole remaining white person, Republican Cathy Warner.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
The group had gathered at the Quaker Meeting House in Westminster for what was billed as "nonviolent direct action training".
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026
Mott had traveled to the area from Philadelphia to attend a yearly Quaker meeting and to visit Martha, her sister, who was expecting a baby.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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