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Lucy Wright
Lucy Wright (February 5, 1760 – 1821) was the leader of the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, also known as the Shakers, from 1796 until 1821.〔Stephen J. Paterwic, ''Historical Dictionary of the Shakers'' (Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2008), 250-51.〕 At that time, a woman's leadership of a religious sect was a radical departure from Protestant Christianity.〔Catherine A. Brekus, Strangers and Pilgrims: Female Preaching in America, 1740–1845 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998).〕
==Childhood==
Lucy Wright was born February 5, 1760, the daughter of John and Mary (Robbins) Wright of Pontoosuck plantation (later Pittsfield, Massachusetts), in the Housatonic River valley of the Berkshire hills near the New York border.
At that time, Pontoosuck plantation was a frontier settlement, which was reached via path-like roads. Aside from Jonathan Edwards’ Indian mission in Stockbridge, the area had no church until Wright was almost thirteen.〔Glendyne R. Wergland, ''Sisters in the Faith: Shaker Women and Equality of the Sexes'' (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2011), chapter 2.〕
Wright was considered an attractive woman and a leader.〔Anna White and Leila S. Taylor, ''Shakerism: Its Meaning and Message'' (Columbus, Ohio: Shakers, 1905).〕 With Elizur Goodrich, she attended the New Light Baptist revival at New Lebanon, New York in 1779. Near the end of the revival, they heard a preacher expound on Romans 8:8 (“Those who are in the flesh cannot please God”), which may have set the stage for their conversion to a new religion.〔Wergland, ''Sisters in the Faith'', chapter 2.〕
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