Worked as a highly skilled female blacksmith
Mother Ann Lee didn't sit around waiting for followers; she worked as an actual blacksmith in a totally male-dominated industry. Swinging a heavy hammer at an anvil all day requires immense physical strength, meaning the founder of a major communal movement could have easily beaten most of her followers in a straight arm-wrestling match.

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