11/23/2020 Meg has passed away. A retired Sociologist, Meg was a great-grandmother who remained active in OWL (Older-Women's League) and W&R: UUA (Women & Religion: Unitarian Universalist Association). Originally from North Dakota, Meg lived in northern California since 1961.
She bequeathed to UUWR the rights to continue publishing her books!
This small collection of readings is designed to raise consciousness, enhance feelings of Sisterhood, and encourage, inspire and promote feminist values. Use the readings to open and close meetings or just enjoy reading them yourself.
Meg Bowman, PhD, was a professor of Sociology at San Jose State University, and author and a lecturer. Connie Springer is a graphic design and production specialist. Both are veteran activist in the women's movement.
This essential book of dramatic readings by Meg Bowman contains:
- Goddesses, Witches & the Paradigm Shift
- Celebrating Ourselves (International)
- Four Famous Unitarian Universalist Women: Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Dorothea Dix, Margaret Fuller
- Bella & Phyllis by Milton Loventhal and Jennifer McDowell
- Three Admirable Women: Florence Nightingale, Frances Willard, and Jane Addams
- Finding Our Foremothers: Emily Stowe, Frances Perkins Gilman, Frances Power Cobbe by Rev. Maureen Killoran
Meg said, "These Crone Rituals reflect my own response to insecurities about aging, and the realization that most women must come to terms with their own aging in an ageist and sexist culture that denigrates the reality of age." Available in original paperback while they last, or 2022 revised spiral-bound edition.
Meg Bowman, who passed in 2020, was a professor of Sociology, and a veteran peace, civil rights and feminist activist. Author of ten books, she has also published numerous books, essays, travel pieces, book reviews and collections of humorous flyers. Born in North Dakota in 1929, Meg lived near San Jose, CA for many years.
18-page Sneak Preview! (PDF)
Downloadable PDF also available.
Meg said, "These Crone Rituals reflect my own response to insecurities about aging, and the realization that most women must come to terms with their own aging in an ageist and sexist culture that denigrates the reality of age."
18-page Sneak Preview! (PDF)
NOW TAKING PREORDERS!
If you order this along with other items, the book will be shipped when available at no extra charge. Books expected to be available in late April, 2024.
Edited by Meg Bowman and Diane Haywood Langford
We grow older each day, each moment. How precious the fragile strand of life! We grow wiser each year, each month. How good to feel that, at last, we are our own person!
