Isabel Yeamans

Isabel Yeamans (née Fell, later Morrice; c. 1637 – 1704) was an English Quaker preacher, and daughter of Margaret Fell and step-daughter of George Fox, co-founders of the Religious Society of Friends.

Life Isabel was the third of eight children born to Thomas Fell, a judge and member of Parliament, and Margaret Askew Fell. She was born at Swarthmoor Hall near Ulverston, Lancashire, most likely in 1637, but possibly as late as 1642. He died in 1658. Isabel signed their marriage certificate. Sometime in the early 1680s she agreed to marry Francis Rogers, a Quaker of Cork, but he withdrew his proposal in 1684 citing concerns about Yeamans’ financial situation. as well as writing to meetings in the North and in Ireland. In Bristol she continued the work of Fox and Margaret Fell calling for women's rights in Quaker meetings, including working to establish separate women's meetings for business, Isabel was known as a gifted speaker and skilled minister.