The Margaret Fell Honoree designation is named after Margaret Fell.

Fell was a founding member of the Religious Society of Friends. She is sometimes called the "mother of Quakerism". Fell married George Fox in 1669, a year after she had served four years in British prisons for refusing to recite an oath as demanded by the government.

Throughout her adult life, Fell vigorously defended those who were suffering persecution for their religious views, offering shelter and comfort in a variety of ways--except, of course, when she herself was in jail.

The Lucy Burns Institute will occasionally designate people as Margaret Fell Honorees.

Although it is less common now than in her day for citizens in Anglo-Saxon cultures to be jailed for what they think or believe, it is more common than it should be for ordinary citizens to be shamed, rebuked and attacked for filing open records requests. The Margaret Fell Honoree designation is for people who, like Margaret, do what they can to comfort those afflicted in that manner.

1st Margaret Fell Honoree

Paradox, the blogger at Leesburg Tomorrow for standing up for Milari Madison.

October 15, 2007