Margaret Hope Bacon
Margaret Hope Bacon (
Biography
Bacon spent her early childhood in New York City and moved to Florida as an adolescent.[2] She went to Antioch College, where she met her husband, Allen Bacon.[3] During World War II, she accompanied her husband to work at Springfield Hospital in Sykesville, Maryland as his assignment for conscientious objector status.[4]
She worked at the American Friends Service Committee for many years and was the inspiration for the rehabilitation of the Fair Hill Burial Ground, a historic Quaker cemetery in North Philadelphia and the final resting place of abolitionists Lucretia Mott and Robert Purvis. Bacon authored biographies of both Mott and Purvis. A longtime trustee and Vice President of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, she wrote a feature article titled "The Pennsylvania Abolition Society's Mission for Black Education" for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's November 2005 newsletter.[5]
She was a founding board member of
Awards
- City of Philadelphia Human Rights award, 1976
- Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Swarthmore College, 1981
- City of Philadelphia Citation for Contributions to Women’s History, 1987
Works
Non-fiction
- The Quiet Rebels: The Story of Quakers in America (1969).
- Lamb’s warrior: The life of Isaac T. Hopper (1970)[8]
- I speak for my Slave Sister; the life of Abby Kelly Foster (1974)[9]
- Rebellion at Christiana (1975)[10]
- Valiant Friend: The life of Lucretia Mott (1980)[11]
- As the way opens: the story of Quaker women in America (1980).[12]
- Mothers of feminism: The story of Quaker Women in America (1986).[13]
- Let this life speak: The legacy of Henry Joel Cadbury (1987).[14]
- One woman’s passion for peace and freedom: The life of Mildred Olmsted (1992).[15]
- Wilt thou go on my errand? The journals of three eighteenth century Quaker women (1994).[16]
- The quiet rebels: The story of Quakers in America (1999).[17]
- Love is the hardest lesson (a memoir) (1999)[18]
- Abby Hopper Gibbons: Prison reformer and social activist (2000).[19]
- In the shadow of William Penn: Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (2001).[20]
- Sarah Mapps Douglass: Faithful attender of Quaker Meeting (2003).[21]
- Back to Africa: Benjamin Coates and the colonization movement in America, 1848-1880. (2005), edited by Emma J. Lapsansky-Werner and Margaret Hope Bacon.[22]
- But one race: the life of Robert Purvis (2007).[23]
Fiction
- The night they burned Pennsylvania Hall: a chapter in the struggle for liberation of slaves and women. (1992) (a play for children)[24]
- Year of grace (2002).[25]
- The back bench (2007.[26]
References
- ^ "An Inventory of the Margaret Hope Bacon Research Papers, 1947-2007, RG 5/276, Background note". Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
- ^ Bacon (1999). Love is the hardest lesson. Pendle Hill Publications, p. 20
- ^ Bacon (1999). Love is the Hardest Lesson, Pendle Hill Publications, p. 29
- ^ Bacon (1999). Love is the hardest lesson. Pendle Hill Publications, pp. 1–2
- ^ Bacon, M.H. (November 2005). The Pennsylvania Abolition Society's Mission for Black Education. Pennsylvania Legacies, pg. 21. Retrieved May 17, 2010 from http://www.hsp.org/files/baconlegaciesarticle.pdf
- ^ Conti, A. (n.d.) Quaker historian, journalist, and activist: an interview with Margaret Hope Bacon. Quaker Books webpage.
- ^ "Obituary: Margaret Hope Bacon '43". Antioch College. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ^ Bacon, M.H. (1970). Lamb’s warrior: The life of Isaac T. Hopper. Thomas Y. Crowell Co.
- ^ Bacon, M.H. (1974). I speak for my slave sister; the life of Abby Kelly Foster. Thomas Y. Crowell Co.
- ^ Bacon, M.H. (1975). Rebellion at Christiana. Crown Publishers.
- ^ Bacon, M.H. (1980). Valiant Friend: The life of Lucretia Mott, SUNY.
- ^ Bacon, M.H. (1980). As the way opens: The story of Quaker women in America. Friends United Press.
- ^ Bacon, M.H. (1986). Mothers of feminism: The story of Quaker women in America, Harper & Row.
- ^ Bacon, M.H. (1987). Let this life speak: The legacy of Henry Joel Cadbury. Univ. of Pennsylvania Press.
- ^ Bacon, M.H. (1992). One woman’s passion for peace and freedom: The life of Mildred Olmsted. Syracuse Univ. Press.
- ^ Bacon, M.H. (1994). Wilt thou go on my errand? The journals of three eighteenth century Quaker women. Pendle Hill Publications.
- ^ Bacon, M.H. (1999). The quiet rebels: The story of Quakers in America. Pendle Hill Publications.
- ^ Bacon (1999). Love is the hardest lesson. Pendle Hill Publications.
- ^ Bacon, M.H. (2000). Abby Hopper Gibbons: Prison reformer and social activist. SUNY.
- ^ Bacon, M.H. (2001). In the shadow of William Penn: Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends. Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting.
- ^ Bacon, M.H. (2003). Sarah Mapps Douglass: Faithful attender of Quaker Meeting. Quaker Press of FGC.
- ^ Lapsansky-Werner, E.J., Bacon, M.H., eds. (2005). Back to Africa: Benjamin Coates and the colonization movement in America, 1848-1880. Penn State Press.
- ^ Bacon, M.H. (2007). But one race: The life of Robert Purvis, SUNY
- ^ Bacon, M.H. (1992). The night they burned Pennsylvania Hall: A chapter in the struggle for liberation of slaves and women. Quaker Press of FGC.
- ^ Bacon, M.H. (2002). Year of grace: A novel. Quaker Press of FGC.
- ^ Bacon, M.H. (2007). The back bench. Quaker Press of FGC.
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110720233804/http://quakerbooks.org/MargaretHopeBacon?xfsid=csrs3boml1b8u1nlc1v1pltdp5
- http://www.psupress.org/books/titles/0-271-02684-7.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/01/books/friends-indeed.html?pagewanted=1
- https://web.archive.org/web/20091008175303/http://www.pym.org/philadelphia-qm/docs/HopeBacon_ButOne.pdf