Mary Dyer
Mary Dyer

Author: Ruth Talbot Plimpton

Publisher: Branden Books

Published: 2011-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780828322089

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This is the story of Mary Dyer whose indomitable efforts to seek and find freedom to worship lead eventually to her death. Her quest began when she and her husband sailed from old to new England in 1635. Landing in Boston, they were soon disillusioned by the intolerant practices and beliefs of the Puritans, who considered that all truth could be found in the Old Testament and only there. Variations, from Puritan interpretations of the Ten Commandments, were punished by cruel torture and/or death. Banished from Boston for protesting such rigidity in belief and in practice, Mary was among the group who founded Rhode Island, where freedom in belief and in practice of worship was established. Mary Dyer did not cease from exploring every available form of worship until she discovered the one which spoke the truth to her. On a trip back to England, Mary met George Fox, who gave her the confidence that women had special intellectual and spiritual gifts. Fox encouraged her to become a Quaker and a missionary. She was alarmed by Boston Puritan laws designed to repress and eliminate Quakers. Undaunted, Mary challenged the Puritan intolerance. "My life not availaeth me in comparison with the liberty of the truth."

Mary Dyer, Friend of Freedom
Mary Dyer, Friend of Freedom

Author: John Briggs

Publisher:

Published: 2014-08-19

Total Pages: 109

ISBN-13: 9780990516002

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"Mary Dyer did hang as a flag..." Mary Dyer was the first woman executed in America for her religious beliefs, but her death started a revolution no one could stop. Mary Dyer, Friend of Freedom is the first children's book about this largely forgotten civil rights leader. It tells the true story of her courageous fight for religious freedom against some of the most powerful men in colonial America. Middle-grade readers are encouraged to learn how this humble Quaker inspired kings and governors on two continents and became an international civil rights hero.

Mary and William Dyer
Mary and William Dyer

Author: Johan Winsser

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 9781539351948

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Mary Dyer is widely esteemed as one of the "Boston martyrs"- four Quakers hanged by the Massachusetts Bay Colony between 1659 and 1661. When she returned to Boston in 1660, after having been banished twice from Massachusetts, she committed an act of deliberate civil disobedience that cost her her life, led to the downfall of the puritan government, and advanced the fundamental principles of freedom of conscience and expression. More than three-and-a-half centuries later, the state continues to exercise its mandate to preserve the peace and social order, while also protecting the constitutional exercise of free speech and self-expression. The challenge, always, has been to identify and then enforce the balance between the rights of individuals or groups to practice their beliefs, and the rights of others to likewise enjoy their liberties. The story of the Dyers-especially Mary's story-is how that challenge played out between the New England puritans and the Quakers, and how her life and death shaped the outcome of that conflict. "An authoritative and careful biography of Mary Dyer and her husband, William, which breaks new ground, dispels common beliefs, and balances both the Quaker and puritan sides of the story." -H. Larry Ingle, author of First Among Friends: George Fox and the Creation of Quakerism "A well-researched and balanced work that makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the people and issues of the seventeenth-century Atlantic world." -Francis Bremer, author of John Winthrop: American's Forgotten Founding Father

Us and Them?
Us and Them?

Author: Jim Carnes

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1999-04-08

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 0199761221

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The history of intolerance in the United States begins in colonial times. Discrimination on the basis of religion, race, and sexual orientation have been characteristic of our society for more than three centuries. "Us and Them" illuminates these dark corners of our nation's past and traces its ongoing efforts to live up to its ideals. Through 14 case studies, using original documents, historical photos, newly commissioned paintings, and dramatic narratives, readers begin to understand the history and psychology of intolerance as they witness firsthand the struggles that have shaped our collective identity. We read about Mary Dyer, who was executed for her Quaker faith in Boston in 1660. We learn how the Mormons were expelled from Missouri in 1838. The attack on Chinese miners in Rock Spring, Wyoming in 1885, the battle of Wounded Knee in 1890, the activities of the Ku Klux Klan in Mobile, Alabama in 1981, and the Crown Heights riot in New York in 1991--all are presented in clear and powerful narrative that brings to life history that is often forgotten or slighted.

Mary Dyer of Rhode Island the Quaker Martyr
Mary Dyer of Rhode Island the Quaker Martyr

Author: Horatio Rogers

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2019-02-26

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 9780469862920

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Four Women in a Violent Time
Four Women in a Violent Time

Author: Deborah Crawford

Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)

Published: 1970

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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Traces the lives of four women who struggled for civil rights and justice in seventeenth-century America.

Domestic Broils
Domestic Broils

Author: Mary M. Dyer

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781558498075

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Reconstruction of the bitter and widely publicized marital dispute between two early nineteenth-century Shakers. A simultaneous dissection and contextualization of two primary sources relevant to women's studies, religious studies, and the history of the early American republic.

Out of the Blue
Out of the Blue

Author: Mary Terhune

Publisher: Hay House, Inc

Published: 2015-11-17

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 140194793X

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In this fascinating book, Mary Terhune shares her personal journey of spiritual awakening, mystical encounters, and visions, as well as the universal truths revealed to her in the process. During a life crisis, she spontaneously received revelations from Jesus that transformed her conscious awareness, changing her life forever. A profound experience of self-realization brought her the message that divinity is humankind’s natural state—one we need to reclaim. She then had an encounter during meditation that showed her, beyond any shadow of doubt, that birth and dying are actually illusions. Mary went on to have an amazing introduction to homeopathy, which expanded her training as a registered nurse into a different understanding and approach to disease, prevention, curing, and healing. Mary urges us all to become mindful of our omniscient essence—and embrace paradigm shifts in preventive and curative medicine as we awaken to consciousness as the primary force of life. Out of the Blue inspires every reader to live as an awakened being and a knowledgeable master of one’s own destiny and well-being.

If Anything Ever Goes Wrong at the Zoo
If Anything Ever Goes Wrong at the Zoo

Author: Mary Jean Hendrick

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1996-05

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780152010096

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After a young girl tells the zookeepers to send the animals to her house should anything go wrong at the zoo, a series of zoo emergencies results in some unusual houseguests for the girl and her family.