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Mary Forster ([1619?]–1686) was a minor Restoration author and a member of the Society of Friends in London. An active participant in the religious and political lives of this sect, Forster published a number of writings between 1659 and 1686. She was mainly known for her testimonials written on behalf of other female Quakers, for religious tracts such as A Declaration of the Bountifull Loving-Kindness of the Lord (1669), and for the preface to a petition to Parliament in 1659. Her works identify her as a devoted wife, trusted friend, and “hand-maid” to the Lord, depicting a lifelong commitment to the doctrine of moderation, patience, and righteous suffering in obtaining God’s “blessed truth”.
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Dasgupta, D. (2021). Forster, Mary. In: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Early Modern Women's Writing. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01537-4_173-1
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