"The Vanishing Shakers," January 18, 1917 | State Historical Society of Iowa

This article from a Kentucky newspaper describes the failing Shaker community in 1917.

Courtesy of Library of Congress, "The Vanishing Shakers," The Central Record, pp. 3, 18 January 1917

Description

This newspaper article gives a report about the state of the Shakers, a utopian society that spawned communities across the country. This article discusses the failing of the utopia and the author hypothesizes why most of the attempts at utopian communities failed.

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Source-Dependent Questions

What can you infer about the author's opinion of the Shakers? Cite evidence from the text.
Compare the Shakers with the Amana Colony in Iowa. How are they similar? How are they different?
Compare this article to the Lest We Forget - The Quaker Seedsmen of Long Ago article. In what ways do these two articles help to illuminate the demise of the Shakers?

Citation Information

"The Vanishing Shakers," The Central Record, pp. 3, 18 January 1917. Courtesy of Library of Congress