Student Research Projects
The political and religious consciousness of Quaker women in Philadelphia during the American Revolution.
| Student Name(s) | Kimberly Steindurf |
| Faculty Mentor(s) |
Dr. Richard Bond |
| Department | History |
| Course | HIST 460: Senior Project Seminar |
Abstract
As a SHEAR fellow, Kimberly participated in a research seminar held at the McNeil Center for Early American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Kimberly was joined by nine students from prestigious liberal arts schools from throughout the country. She had access to the resources of several Philadelphia-area archives, including the American Philosophical Society, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Library Company of Philadelphia, and the Friends Historical Library. Participants in the seminar conduct research relevant to their senior theses.Her Senior Project will recover the story of the families of nineteen Quaker exiles, who were driven from Philadelphia due to their political loyalties during the American Revolution and were forced to settle in Virginia. She will explore the story of the Quakers' wives, who remained in Philadelphia and became increasingly politically active in an attempt to hold onto their property while struggling to bring their husbands home.
Grants
2006 Society for Historians of the Early Republic (SHEAR)/Mellon Undergraduate Fellowship ProgramVWC Undergraduate Research Travel Award to Present at the Phi Alpha Theta Virginia Regional History Conference
