Frances A. Carr (1927–2017)

Sister Frances Ann Carr was born Evangeline Annie Carr in Lewiston, Maine in March 1927. In 1937, she was sent by her ailing mother to live at the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in New Gloucester, Maine. At the age of 16, she decided to sign the Shaker Covenant and commit herself to the group. Her show more book, Shaker Your Plate: Of Shaker Cooks and Cooking, was published in 1985. Her memoir, Growing Up Shaker, was published in 1995. She died of cancer on January 2, 2017 at the age of 89. (Bowker Author Biography) show less