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Emily Manners
Best known for a focused, carefully researched study of early Quaker history, this writer is associated with a vivid portrait of the preacher Elizabeth Hooton. The work has a quiet scholarly feel and stays close to the people and religious struggles of the 17th century.
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Elizabeth Hooton : First Quaker woman preacher (1600-1672)
by Emily Manners
About the author
Emily Manners is credited as the author of Elizabeth Hooton, First Quaker Woman Preacher (1600–1672), a historical work first published in 1914. The book was issued with Norman Penney as editor and has remained the main clearly documented title connected with her name.
From the surviving catalog and archive records, Manners appears to have written in the field of Quaker history rather than as a novelist or general-interest author. Publicly available sources in this search do not provide many personal biographical details, so her life story is much less visible than her published work.
That said, her writing still stands out for helping preserve the story of Elizabeth Hooton, one of the earliest women preachers in the Quaker movement. Readers interested in religious history, women's history, and early dissenting voices in England and New England are the most likely to be drawn to her work.