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United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing
By 1774, Ann Lee and some eight of her followers had emigrated to America, settling in New York
"When confronted about a female’s right to preach, she responded that “all the children, both male and female, must be subject to their parents; and the woman, being second, must be subject to her husband, who is the first; but when the man is gone, the right of government belongs to the woman: So is the family of Christ.”
the group reached maximum size of about 6,000 full members in 1840,
Shakers codified their rules for the first time as the Millennial Laws of 1821.[17]
United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing