Fox sisters

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The Fox sisters were three 19th-century American siblings whose alleged spirit communications helped spark and popularize the Spiritualist movement.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Fox sisters canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American spiritualist mediums ⓘ
alleged spirit communication event ⓘ
group of people ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeInCentury 19th century ⓘ
associatedWith spirit rapping ⓘ
séances ⓘ
table-rapping ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States ⓘ
United States ⓘ
United States ⓘ
United States ⓘ
familyName Fox ⓘ
Fox ⓘ
Fox ⓘ
fieldOfWork mediumship ⓘ
genre spirit communication ⓘ
givenName Catherine ⓘ
Leah ⓘ
Margaretta ⓘ
hasMember Catherine Fox ⓘ
Leah Fox ⓘ
Margaretta Fox ⓘ
linked to: Margaret Fox
hasNotableWork public séances ⓘ
influenced Spiritualist movement in the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Spiritualism

Spiritualist movement in the United States ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
location Hydesville, New York ⓘ
movement Spiritualism ⓘ
notableEvent Hydesville rappings ⓘ
notableFor alleged spirit communications ⓘ
helping to spark the Spiritualist movement ⓘ
occupation spiritualist medium ⓘ
spiritualist medium ⓘ
spiritualist medium ⓘ
participant Catherine Fox ⓘ
Margaretta Fox ⓘ
linked to: Margaret Fox
placeOfActivity Hydesville, New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Rochester, New York ⓘ
religiousContext Spiritualism ⓘ
startTime 1840s ⓘ
subjectOf controversy over authenticity of spirit communications ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spiritualism → hasKeyFigure → Fox sisters ⓘ
Hydesville rappings → associatedWith → Fox sisters ⓘ
Hydesville rappings → publicizedBy → Fox sisters ⓘ