Janet Scott will offer a riveting performance about the history of the Shaker movement, as told through Mary Settles.

When the first Shakers arrived in Kentucky, they built their village at Pleasant Hill on the western frontier, where they lived a privileged, communal life as educated artisans with their "hands to work and hearts to God." The Shakers empowered women, freed enslaved people and served as an army of peacemakers during the Civil War.

Within months of her arrival at Pleasant Hill, Mary Settles worked together with her Shaker sisters and brothers to provide the "simple gifts" of food and medical care to the armies of both the North and South. The last Shaker to live at Pleasant Hill, Mary Settles served as an eldress, deaconess, and teacher of women, maintaining the highest educational standards for the public school at Pleasant Hill. The story of these revolutionary Kentuckians is affirming of our nation's courageous history of passive resistance in the fight for civil rights and offers a vision of social justice for our future.

In addition to the presentation about the Shakers, we will display a gallery of beautiful photographs from the newly-published book “Shaker Made.” These stunning books will be on sale and the author - Carol Peachee - will be on hand for book signing.