Hannah Chapman Backhouse (née Gurney; 9 February 1787 – 6 May 1850)[1] was an English diarist and Quaker minister.
[1] By birth, and later by marriage, she was connected to a financially powerful Quaker network which included the Barclay, Fox, Fry and Pease families.
[1] She travelled with him to Manchester, Lancaster, and Leeds, and from this period onwards advanced rapidly in ministry, holding numerous public meetings.
[1] In 1933, Jonathan wrote:I do think my wife's labours in these parts, have been of essential service; - helped some sunken ones out of a pit, strengthened some weak hands, and confirmed some wavering ones, as well as comforted the mourners.
[3] In Indiana, Hannah was “remembered... for her advocacy of First Day Scripture Schools,[2] many of which were established with her encouragement”.