Genealogy Projects tagged with utopian communities on the Geni Family Tree

Hands to Work, Hearts to God - The Shakers in America

Scope of Project ===Seventy-five years before the emancipation of the slaves and one hundred fifty years before women began voting in the United States, the Shakers were practicing social, gender, economic, and spiritual equality for all members. Yet, possibly because the Shakers were celibate and did not marry or bear children, their individual histories have been generally overlooked in the g...