Revitalizing UU Women's Groups

Appendix G: The Unitarian Universalist Women’s Heritage Society

Some popular items for sale

This is a partial listing of products sold by the UUWHS. To receive a catalog or place an order, contact the UUWHS, two Elm Street, Malden, Massachusetts, 02148; 781–321–3979; uuwhs@aol.com.

Web site: http://www.uuwhs.org. Visa and MasterCard are accepted.

Wall Calendar. This is a continuing series, with a new calendar having been created every year since 1996. Each beautiful calendar features twelve Universalist and Unitarian women celebrated in words and pictures. Includes birth dates of hundreds of notable UU women, plus inspirational quotes. (Back issues are available.) Item #7001.

Notable Universalist and Unitarian Women. Now in its seventh edition, this book includes brief descriptions of the lives and writings of approximately 400 historical UU women. Demonstrates the wide variety of women who have been associated historically with Unitarianism/Universalism. Item #301.

Stamp Pins. Unique lapel pins made from postage stamps depicting famous Unitarian and Universalist women, handsomely mounted on a black mat with a wooden frame. Abigail Adams (Item #010), Louisa May Alcott (#011), Susan B. Anthony (#013), Clara Barton (#014), Elizabeth Blackwell (#016), Dorothea Dix (#017), Julia Ward Howe (#019), Lucy Stone (#020), 100 Years of Progress (#022), and Women’s Suffrage, 150th Anniversary (#023).

Oral History as an Intergenerational Religious Education Program. Complete information on how to do oral history as an all-church project, with four-page summary of helpful tips to get you started. Item #302.

Worship Services: Voices from the Past (1990). Includes historic figures such as Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, and Olympia Brown who speak, in their own words, about struggle and hope, vocation, faith, and theology. Address by Reverend Caroline Julie Bartlett (Crane) from 1894. Item #400.

Re-centering Our Religious History (1992). Imaginative interview format featuring: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, African American writer, reformer, and lecturer, and Eleanor Elizabeth Gordon, Unitarian minister and part of the “Iowa Sisterhood.” Fictitious dialog interspersed with the women’s actual words. Topics include social action, the role of religion in society, racism, and advice to today’s women. Item #402.

Let Us Now Praise Universalist Women (1993). Lively biographies of historic Universalist women including Clara Barton, Judith Sargent Murray, Olympia Brown, and Annie B. Jordan Willis. Includes a children’s story. Hymn texts written by Universalist women. Item #403.

Women Blazing Trails (1994). Brief introductions to women who were pioneers in various professional fields, followed by the women’s own words. Includes Phebe Hanaford, minister; Maria Mitchell, astronomer; S. Josephine Baker, doctor; Frances Watkins Harper, social reformer. Item #404.

Failure is Impossible! (1995). Celebrates the 75th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote. A narrator tells the story; Unitarian/ Universalist women such as Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, and Julia Ward Howe speak throughout, in their own words. Item #405.

A Hundred Years Hence (1996). Addresses the past, present, and future. Includes hymn of the same title by Frances D.B. Gage, one of her speeches, and quotes from contemporary women such as Coretta Scott King and Helen Caldicott. Invites reflection on our hopes for a hundred years hence. Item #406.

Women and Religion: Deep Roots and Hidden History (1997). Honors the 20th anniversary of the General Assembly’s Women and Religion Resolution. Voices of the past inform each element of the resolution and challenge traditional religion. Words from Margaret Fuller, Phebe Hanaford, Judith Sargent Murray, and others. Item #407.

They Showed the Way: The Way Leads on (1998). Service of appreciation for influences on the early feminist movement, while acknowledging limitations related to issues of race and class. Includes words of Abigail Adams, Mary Wollstonecraft, and others; narration in several voices with congregational response. Item #408.

A Reading on the Life of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. The story of an African American involved in the women’s suffrage movement. Told by two narrators and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper herself. Includes excerpts from her poems and novel. Item #450.

A Confession of Faith: Anthem for Four Voices. Lila Cobb’s setting of lyrics by Anita Trueman Pickett. “To realize the divine in my soul; to see and worship the divine in all else; this is my life, my faith, my religion.” Item #451.

Women’s Heritage Worship Resource Packet. Readings, hymns, and sermons by historic Unitarian and Universalist women (when ordering, counts as two items). Item #453.

Singing, Shouting, Celebrating Unitarian and Universalist Women. The quintessential women’s heritage service! A young woman learns that social action movements began long before the 1960’s and that Unitarian/Universalist women played crucial roles. Includes stories about influential women such as Julia Ward Howe, Mary Ashton Rice Livermore, and Sara Parkhurst Comins. All hymns in the service were written by Unitarian or Universalist women. Four speaking parts. Item #454.

A Tribute to Phebe Ann Coffin Hanaford. A dramatic reading about the first woman minister in New England. Item #455.