What were the rules of the Shaker community regarding behavior between the sexes?
Males never shook or touched the hands of females. They even ate, worked, and slept in separate quarters.
Both men and women of the Shaker community grew their own food, wove their own cloth, made their own tools, utensils, and handicrafts.
The ladies combed their hair back under a cap and wore long dresses with a cloth that covered the chest.
The men wore dark pants and simple coats.