Photo by: Alon Koppel Photography
Even as far as American religious sects are concerned, the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, better known as the Shakers, are an intriguing lot. The movement was founded by a woman, Ann Lee, who immigrated to New York City two years shy of American independence. Back in her motherland of Manchester, England, she was a factory worker and later a cook; but in the New World, she would become regarded as a female incarnate of the divine by her fellow Believers (talk about a promotion).
