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Zealand. Bessie Dann recalled a sermon from Dale when she was visiting Norwich, taken from the Proverbs text "The spider taketh hold with her hands and is in king's palaces." In her diary, Gertrude Nicholson describes Alma Dale as "a little lady with short hair dresses rather mannishly." She also mentioned the liveliness of her speaking style and her ability to manage horses.
143:. While at Hartney, she was also instrumental in establishing a chapter of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. She helped to design and build the church building in Hartney. In a diary-style description of a visit to the western provinces, Jane Zavitz-Bond notes that Alma Dale was even seen up on the roof shingling. The church building was later moved to nearby Dand to be used by the
107:, where she is credited with a major role in the growth of Quakerism in Canada from 1800 on. On the tapestry, she is depicted driving a palomino team to a Quaker settlement in western Canada, which she drove in all weather. She was well known as a dynamic speaker and was invited to speak in Canada, England, and New Zealand.
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Uxbridge, Ontario. During this time, she organized a Mission School. In 1898, the Canadian Yearly Meeting authorized Dale to set up meetings in locations of her choice, so she went west as a pioneer minister. In 1899, she organized a
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Journal of the Canadian Friends Historical Association described her as a dynamic speaker able to arouse people's consciousness. In the days before women were acknowledged as having public voices, she accepted speaking engagements in
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