![]() ![]() They hobnobbed with many of the nation's most prestigious citizens as their séances sparked both controversy and a new religious movement, Spiritualism, all within the context of a nation bursting with issues of industrialization, immigration, urbanization, scientific discovery, and religious fervor. With Leah as their guide, over the next five years the Fox sisters became famous. ![]() ![]() As interest in the rappings spread, Maggie and Kate joined their sister Leah (twenty years their senior) in nearby Rochester and the "spirit raps" that followed soon attracted the allegiance of the city's reformers and radicals. ![]() On April Fool's Day 1848, fourteen-year-old Maggie and eleven-year-old Kate Fox were surprised to find that the strange "rapping" noises that had so vexed their parents over the past weeks were causing a huge stir in their small farming community. ![]()
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