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Name | Dates | Unit, Univ., UU | Geographic Information | Contributions | Connections | Library | UUWHS Publ. | Calendar | Web- Bio | RE |
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Paalz, Gladys B. Wheeler | ?–1927> | Unit | MA, IN, OH | religious educator, Director Unitarian Sunday School Society | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Padgham, Estella Elizabeth | 1874-1952 | Unit | IO, NJ | minister, religious educator, liberal religious speaker | – | – | Publ. | – | – | RE |
Page, Emily Rebecca | 1834-1862 | Univ | New England | poet | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Palfrey, Sarah Hammond | 1823-1914 | Unit | – | philanthropist, author | d. of John Gorham Palfrey | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Parker, Anna B. | 1868-1931 | Unit | New England | physician, minister | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Parker, Celia (See Woolley) | – | – | – | – | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Parker, Harriet Marie | – | Unit con | – | – | d. Celia Parker Woolley | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Parker, Mrs. C | – | – | – | – | – | Lib. | – | – | – | – |
Parkes, Bessie Rayner | 1829-1925 | Unit | England | essayist | gd. Joseph Priestly | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Parsons, Sarah | – | – | – | – | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Patterson, Jane Lippitt | 1829-? | Univ | NY, PA | writer, substitute lay minister | h. Rev. Adoniram Judson Patterson | Lib. | Publ. | – | – | – |
Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer | 1804-1894 | Unit | New England | author, teacher, reformer, transcendentalist | f. Emerson, Alcott, Fuller, etc. | Lib. | Publ. | 1998 | Dictionary Famous | – |
Peebles, Linda Olsen | lv. | UU | – | minister, historian | Anna Garlin Spencer | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Pennoyer, Hanna Gertrude Rosco Coe | 1877-1958 | Univ | New England | minister | f. Rev. Thomas Roscoe | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Perkins (Westcott), Mary Fitch | – | – | – | – | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Perkins, Elizabeth Peck | 1735-1807 | Univ | Boston | business woman | f. John Murray | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Perkins, Frances | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Perkins, Lucy | – | – | – | – | – | Lib. | – | – | – | – |
Perkins, Sara Maria Clinton | 1824-1905 | Univ | NY, NH, VT | minister | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Perry, Harriet G. Haskell | 1812-1881 | Univ | CT | writer | h. John B. Perry | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Perry, Lila Cabot | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Peterson, Abby A. | 1856-1919 | Unit | MA, NC | educator | h. Ellis Peterson | – | Publ. | 2004 | – | – |
Pettingill, Bertha Frances Capen | 1873-1959 | Unit | ME | minister, RE | – | – | Publ. | – | – | RE |
Pfaff, Hope Hilton | 1918-1966 | Univ | MA, CT, ME, ONT, CA | minister | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart | – | – | – | – | – | Lib. | – | – | – | – |
Phelps,Margaret | – | Univ | – | teacher/translater of Chinese | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Pickett, Anita Trueman | 1881-1960 | Unit | MA | Rowe Camp, minister, lecturer, poet | h. Rev. Harold Pickett | Lib. | Publ. | 1997 | – | – |
Pierce, Florence Lonsbury | 1867-1945 | Unit | IO, DC | minister | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Pinkham, Lydia Estes | 1819-1883 | Univ | – | medicines, women’s health and hygiene | – | Lib. | Publ. | 2003 | Famous | – |
Pjetursson, Jennie McCain | 1840-? | Unit | NH, MI, Iceland, Winnepeag | Post Office Missions | h. Bjourn Pjetursson | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Plath, Sylvia | 1932-1963 | Unit | MA | poet | h. Edward James Hughes; Olive Proudy | – | Publ. | – | Dictionary Famous | – |
Plympton, A.G. | – | – | – | – | – | Lib. | – | – | – | – |
Pollitt, Phoebe | lv. | UU | – | historian | Re. Hannah Powell | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Porter, Charlotte Van Dekar | 1826-1923 | Univ | PA, NY | minister | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Porucznik, Mary Ann | lv. | UU con | – | historian | Augusta Chapin | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Potter, Beatrix | 1866-1943 | Unit | England | children’s author, illustrator | – | Lib. | Publ. | – | Famous | RE |
Pousonby, Sarah | – | Unit | England | Lady of Llangloan | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Powell, Hannah Jewett | 1866-1954 | Univ | ME, NC | minister, missionary | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Powell, Marie Cole | – | – | – | – | – | Lib. | – | – | – | – |
Powers, Elmina J. | ?-1871 | Univ | – | Civil War worker, writer | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Pray, Mary Catherine Evans | 1806-1879 | Univ | – | poet | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Price, Abby Hill | 1814-1878 | Univ | – | Hopedale Community, women’s activist | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Proctor, Lucy Chapman | 1873-1963 | Unit | – | – | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Prouty, Olive Higgins | 1882-1974 | Unit | MA | writer, Stella Dallas | h. Lewis Prouty | – | Publ. | 1999 | Dictionary Famous | – |
Pullen, Doris | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2004 | – | – |
Putnam, Caroline | – | Unit con | – | – | Sallie Holley | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Putnam, Helen Grace | 1840-1895 | Unit | MA, ND, MN | minister | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Quinby, Cordelia Adaline Brooks | 1833-? | Univ | ME | Superintendent SS, Augusta | h. Rev. G.W.Quinby | – | Publ. | – | – | RE |
Quincy, Elizabeth | – | Unit con | – | – | d. Abigail Adams | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Rahman, Qiyamah | lv. | UU | – | African women’s studies | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Ralph, Agnes Stuart | 1851-1917 | Univ | WI, IO, CA | minister | h. Rev. Walter Scot Ralph | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Rawlinson, Maxine | – | – | – | – | – | Lib. | – | – | – | – |
Reid, Eliza Anne McIntosh | 1842-1927? | Unit | Montreal | feminist, reformer | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Reid, Elizabeth Jesser | – | Unit | England | philanthopist, Beford College | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Reid, Helen R.Y. | 1869-1941 | Unit | Canada | public service | d.of Eliza Reid | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Reinhardt, Aurelia Isabell Henry | 1877-1948 | Unit | CA | Mills College, lay minister, educator, activist | Starr King Professorship | – | Publ. | 1996 | Famous | RE |
Reynolds, Malvina Milder | 1900-1978 | UU | CA | songstress | – | – | Publ. | 2003 | Famous | – |
Rheingans, Verna Paul Armstrong | 1880-? | Univ | – | minister | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Rice, Carrie A. | – | Univ | WI, CA, Chicago | minister | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Rich, Helen Hinsdale | 1827-? | Univ | – | writer, lecturer | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Richards, Laura E. Howe | 1850-1943 | Unit | ME | founder of library, nursing service, hospital; writer, philanthopist | d. of Julia Ward Howe | Lib. | Publ. | – | – | – |
Richmond, Mary Ellen | 1861-1928 | Unit | Baltimore | social activist, writer | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Ridley, Florida Ruffin | 1861-1943 | Unit | Boston | editor, Women’s Era Club | m. Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin | – | Publ. | 1996 | – | – |
Rinehart, Mary Rogers | – | – | – | – | – | Lib. | – | – | – | – |
Ripley, Sara Alden Bradford | 1793-1867 | Unit | MA | educator, writer | h. Rev. Samuel Ripley | – | Publ. | 1999 | Dictionary Famous | – |
Ripley, Sophia Willard Dana | 1803-1861 | Unit | Boston | transcendentalist, Brooke Farm | h. Rev. George Ripley | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Roberts, Fannie Upham Cogswell | 1834-1875 | Univ | ME | minister | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Robinson, Harriet I. Baker | 1872-1964 | Univ | IN, IO, OH, MI, etc | minister | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Robinson, Harriet Jane Hanson | 1825-1911 | Univ | MA | abolistionist, writer, suffragist | f. Susan B. Anthony, Juliet Ward Howe | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Rogers, Annette Perkins | 1841-1920 | Unit | Boston | educator | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Rogers, Emma Winner | – | – | – | – | – | Lib. | – | – | – | – |
Rogers, Harriet Burbank | 1834-1919 | Unit | MA | teacher of the deaf | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Rombauer, Irma Louise von Starkloff | 1877-1962 | Unit con | MO | Joy of Cooking | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Root, Amanda Lane | 1839-? | Univ | MA | temperance, Women’s Centenary Assoc. | h. Solomon F. Root | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Rowland, Eleanor Harris | – | – | – | – | – | Lib. | – | – | – | – |
Rowlett, Ladie Fowler | 1863-1933 | U/U | – | minister | h. John Wesley Rowlett | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Ruddy, Ella Giles | 1851-1917 | Unit | WI, CA | suffragist, writer | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Ruffin, Josephine St. Pierre | – | Unit | – | editor, Women’s Era Club | d. Florence Ruffin Ridley | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Russell, Emma Sargent | 1889-1964 | UU | MA | suffragist, social worker, writer | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Russell, Frances Anna Maria Elliot (Lady, Countess) | 1814-1898 | UU | England | poet, Unitarian Congregation, Richmond, Surray | gs. Bertrand Russell | – | – | – | Famous | – |
Safford, Mary Augusta | 1851-1927 | Unit | IO | lecturer, suffragist, minister | – | – | Publ. | – | Famous | – |
Sandburg, Lilian Steichen | 1883-1977 | UU | NC | UU Church, Ashville, NC | h. Carl Sandburg | – | – | – | Famous | – |
Sanders, Elizabeth Elkins | 1762-1851 | Unit | MA | Indian activist | h. Thomas Sanders | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Sanford, Maria Louisa | 1836-1920 | Unit con | MN | educator, lecturer | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Sarnsom, Diana | lv. | UU | – | historian | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Sarton, May | 1912-1995 | UU | Belgium, England, New England | poet, essayist, novelist | – | Lib. | Publ. | – | Dictionary Famous | – |
Saunders, Judith Robinson | – | Univ con | – | – | c. Judith Sargant Murray | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Sawyer, Caroline Mehitable Fisher | 1812-1894 | Univ | MA | author, editor | h. Rev. Thomas Sawyer | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Sawyer, Elizabeth Emerson Turner | 1822-? | Univ | Chicago | suffragist | h. Charles Sawyer | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Schuyler, Louisa Lee | 1837-1926 | Unit | NY | taught immigrant children | – | – | Publ. | 1999 | – | – |
Scott, Anne Firor | – | Univ con | – | historian | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Scott, Julia H. Kinney | 1809-1842 | Univ | PA | poet | h. Dr. D.L. Scott; f. Sarah Carter Edgarton | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Scott, Mary Slaughter | 1900-1973 | UU | AL | teacher, RE Field Worker | h. Rev. Dr. Clinton Lee Scott | – | Publ. | 2000 | – | RE |
Scudder, Eliza | 1821-1896 | Unit | – | hymn writer | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Sears, Ellen Bacon | 1811-1897 | Unit | MA | Ladies’ Benevolent Society | h. Rev. Edward Hamilton Sears | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria | 1789-1867 | Unit | NY | writer, promoter of religious tolerance | – | Lib. | Publ. | – | – | – |
Sedgwick, Elizabeth | – | Unit | – | – | f. Frances Anne Kemble | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Selman, Marcia Martin | 1856-1932 | Univ | MA, ME, VT, PA | minister | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Senghas, Dorothy | 1930-2002 | UU | MA, VT | librarian, archivist, UUHS | – | – | – | 2004 | Dictionary | – |
Sessions, Kate Olivia | 1857-1940 | Unit | CA | horticulturist, writer | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Severance, Caroline Maria Seymour | 1820-1914 | Unit | NY, OH, Boston, CA | reformer, educator | h. Theodoric Severence | – | Publ. | 1998 | Dictionary Famous | – |
Sewall, Lucy Ellen | 1837-1890 | Unit | New England | physician, feminist | f. Samuel Sewall | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Sewall, May Wright | 1844-1920 | Unit | IN | educator, suffragist, editor | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Shattuck, Harriet Lucy Robinson | – | Univ | – | – | d. of Harriet Robinson | Lib. | Publ. | – | – | – |
Shaw, Annette Jane | 1848-1920 | Univ | VT, IL, WI, CO | physician, minister | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Shaw, Pauline Agassiz | 1841-1917 | Unit | Boston | educator, philanthrophist | – | Lib. | Publ. | – | – | – |
Shelly, Mary Wollstonecraft | 1797-1851 | Unit con | – | writer | d. of Mary Wollstencroft | – | Publ. | – | Famous | – |
Shindler, Mary Palmer Dana | 1810-1883 | Unit | SC, TX, IO | writer | h. Charles E. Dana; R.D.Shindler | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Shipley, Jody | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2004 | – | – |
Shippman, Inez Lyra | 1850-1926 | Univ | OH, NY, PA | minister | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Shurcliff, Margaret Homer | 1879? | Unit | Boston | writer, King’s Chapel | – | Lib. | Publ. | – | – | – |
Sias, Flora Bronis | – | Univ | NY, OH, MA | minister | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Sienienska, Jadwiga | 16th cent. | Unit | Poland | Unitarian Center | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Sikes, Tanya C. | lv. | UU | – | historian | Anna Garlin Spencer | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Silvester, Evelyn | 1913-1991 | UU | MA | atist | – | – | – | 2002 | – | – |
Skinner, Henrietta Dana | – | – | – | – | – | Lib. | – | – | – | – |
Slabic, Alyce Biddle | 1913-1998 | UU | MN, IO, CA | taught school, feminist, founder of NOW | h. Clyde DeLany | – | Publ. | 2000 | – | – |
Smith, Bonnie Hurd | lv. | UU | MA | historian | Judith Sargant Murray | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Smith, Bonnie Hurd | lv. | UU | – | historian | Judith Sargent Murray | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Smith, Chloe | – | – | – | – | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince | 1806-1893 | U/U | NY | writer, women’s rights | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Smith, Mary Prudence Wells | 1840-1930 | Unit | NY, OH, MA, CT | UU Post Office Mission, Women’s Unitarian Alliance, Rowe Camp | h. Fayette Smith | Lib. | Publ. | – | – | – |
Smith, Nancy Wiley Paine | 1859-1940 | Univ | MA, NH | minister | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Smith, Sophia | 1796-1870 | Unit | MA | Founder of Smith College | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Smith, Sydney | – | – | – | – | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Somerville, Mary Fairfax | 1780-1872 | Unit | England | author, suffragist, mathematician, astronomer | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Soule, Caroline Augusta White | 1824-1903 | Univ | Scotland | minister, author, RE writer | – | Lib. | Publ. | – | Dictionary | – |
Southwind, Glory | lv. | UU con | – | hsitorian | Augusta Chapin | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Spalding, Jessie Pulis | 1873-1954 | Unit | NH, NY, Chicago | minister | h. Rev. Samuel Charles Spalding | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Spence, Catherine Helen | 1825-1910 | Unit | Scotland, Australia | suffragist, politico, novelist | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Spencer, Anna Carpenter Garlin | 1851-1931 | Unit | RI | minister, reformer, activist | – | – | Publ. | 2001 | – | – |
Spoerl, Dorothy Mary Tilden | 1906-1999 | UU | NY, IL, ME, NH, VT | minister, educator, religious educator | – | Lib. | Publ. | 2003 | – | RE |
Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott | 1835-1921 | Unit | – | writer | Thomas Wentworth Higginson | Lib. | Publ. | – | – | – |
Sprague, Elisabeth Rebecca Lowell | 1831-1904 | Unit | Boston | King’s Chapel, philanthropist | – | Lib. | Publ. | – | – | – |
Sprague, Lila Allison Frost | – | Unit | IL, WI, CA, MI | Minister | h. Rev. Leslie Sprague | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
St. Leger, Harriet | – | Unit | – | – | Francis Power Cobbe | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Stacy, Martha R. | – | Univ | Japan | missionary | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady | 1815-1902 | Unit con | NY | women’s rights | f. Susan B. Anthony | Lib. | Publ. | – | – | – |
Stetson, Catherine Beecher | – | Unit | – | – | d. of Charlotte Perkins Gilman Stetson | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Stetson, Grace Ellery Channing | 1860-1920 | Unit | – | author | gd. William Ellery Channing | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Stevens, Lillian Marrion Norton Ames | 1844-1914 | Univ | ME | ME. Women’s Christian Temperance Union, reformer | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Stevens, Nettie Maria | 1861-1912 | Unit | VT, MA | cytologist, writer, lecturer | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Stockwell, Maud Conkey | 1863-1958 | Unit | MN | suffragist | h. Albert Stockwell | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Stone, Emily Howard | – | – | – | – | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Stone, Hannah | – | Unit con | – | – | d. Lucy Stone | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Stone, Lucinda Hinsdale | 1814-1900 | Unit | VT, MI, MS | abolishionist, suffragist | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Stone, Lucy | 1818-1893 | Unit | MA | feminist, abolitionist, suffragist | h. Blackwell; f. Antoinette Brown | Lib. | Publ. | 1998, 2000 | Famous | RE |
Stoner, Sara L. Smelser | 1856-1947 | Univ | OH, IN | minister | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Stowe, Emily Howard Jennings | 1831-1903 | Unt | Toronto | first woman doctor of Canada, suffragist | – | – | Publ. | 1996 | Famous | RE |
Stowe, Harriet Beecher | – | – | – | – | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Straub, Mary A. | 1837-1914 | Univ | MI, IN | minister, hym writer | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Stray, Ermina C. | – | Univ | OH | minister | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Sunderland, Eliza Read | 1839-1910 | Unit | CA, ONT, IL, MA, etc | women’s rights, women’s organizations | h. Rev. Jabez Sunderland | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Swan, Susan | lv. | UU con | Boston | musician, historian | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Sweet, Emma B. | – | Unit | NY | secretary to Anthony | f. Susan B. Anthony | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Swett, Doris A. | 1898-1930 | Univ | ME, MA | minister | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Tabor, Augusta Louise Pierce | 1833-1895 | Unit | CO | feminist, Pioneer Ladies’ Aid Society | – | Lib. | Publ. | – | – | – |
Tappan, Caroline Sturgis | 1819-1888 | Unit | MA | writer | s. Ellen Sturgis Hooper | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Taylor, Clementia | – | Unit | England | suffragist | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Taylor, Emily | – | – | – | – | – | Lib. | – | – | – | – |
Tedford, Maria Pushaw | – | Univ | ME, DC, CA | minister | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Thanet, Octave | – | – | – | – | – | Lib. | – | – | – | – |
Thaxter, Celia Leighton | 1835-1894 | Unit | NH, ME | writer, poet, Appledore and Star Island, attended Portsmouth church | – | Lib. | Publ. | – | – | – |
Thomas, M. Louise | – | Univ | NY | sorois, National Council of Women | Rev. Lowell C. Thomas; f. S.N.Palmer, Univ. editor | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Thomas, Maud McClennan | 1885-1976 | UU | NYC | African-American, public health nurse | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Thompson, Lilia Lansley | 1888-1971 | Unit | KS, OR, England, CA | minister, educator | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Thompson, Mary Louise Butler | 1911-2000 | UU | – | editor, women’s groups | – | – | – | 2002 | – | – |
Thornwell, Emily | – | – | – | – | – | Lib. | – | – | – | – |
Ticknor, Anna E. | 1823-1896 | Univ | – | education for women | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Tillinghast, Anna Churchill Moulton | 1874-1951 | Univ | ME, MA | minister, suffragist, temprance, labor laws | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Tobey, Julia Mary | 1886-1947 | Univ | NY | minister, social worker | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Todd, Adeline Boardman | 1815-? | Univ con | MA | writer | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Todd, Marion Marsh | 1811-1914? | Univ | NH, MI, CA | lecturer, lawyer, Unior Labor Party | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Tonkin, Ada | – | Unit | – | – | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Towne, Laura Matilda | 1825-1901 | Unit | Phila., NC | abolistionist, writer | p. Ellen Murray | – | Publ. | 2004 | – | – |
Townsend, Gladys Emily | 1897-1997 | UU | NY, MA, PA | minister, social worker, Shelter Rock UU | f. Margarite Poheck | – | Publ. | 1998 | – | – |
Truth, Sojourner | – | – | – | – | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Tubman, Harriet | – | – | – | – | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Tucker, Helen | 1905-? | – | – | Voice of Women, war protestor | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |
Turner, Martha | 1873-? | Unit | Australia | minister | – | – | Publ. | – | – | – |