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Following is a listing of publications of the Unitarian Universalist Women’s Heritage Society. These include Worship Services and Occasional Papers and other writings that have been scanned for the website, as well as items presented exclusively on the website. This gives an indication of the work of UUWHS, and notes the items on this website. The items are listed alphabetically by title. We are hoping to scan a few more items onto the website.
| Title | Date | Description | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 – 2005 Calendars | 1996-2005 | The material from the calendars is included in Unitarian and Universalist Women: Liberating History | – | – |
| Anita Trueman Pickett: Free thought preacher | 1995 | Lecturer, poet, labor advocate, minister. | Bumstine, Lyn | Online |
| Anna Garlin Spencer: “The Three-Fold Path of Life” | 1995 | – | Peebles, Linda | – |
| Anna Tilden Gannett: Authority beside the pulpit | – | Spouse of Rev. Ezra Stiles, Gannett creates authority in a situation that offered little power. | Wider, Sarah | – |
| Balancing the Vocational Divide: Anna Garlin Spencer on women, work and the family | 1995 | First woman professor at Meadville Theological School, minister, social reformer. | Sikes, Tanya | Online |
| Boston Women Who Worked for Racial Justice | 1993 | – | Emerson, Dorothy | – |
| Brief History of the Work of Universalist Women, A: 1869-1955 | 1955 1993 1997 | First published in 1955, revised by UU Women’s Federation in 1993, Reprinted by UUWHS in 1997. | Folsom, Ida; Ellen Spencer, ed | – |
| Cameo Life Stories Writing Guide for Everywoman | – | Complete guide to writing memoirs, with questions to help women recall, organize, and record precious memories. | Linzer, Deborah Hansen | Book |
| Cameo Life Stories Writing Guide for Everywoman: Workbook | – | Workbook with 3 ring binder, 10 sections of questions and introductory letters for organizaing your life story. | – | – |
| Confession of Faith, A (Song) | 1994 | Adapted from A Confession of Faith by Anita Trueman Pickett | – | – |
| Crusader for Freedom: Life of Lydia Maria Child | – | Vivid profile of one of the most influenceial women of the 19th century. Hardcover, Beacon Press. Deborah Pickman Clifford | Clifford, Deborah Pickman | Book |
| Debate Goes On, The: The historical debare concerning women in ministry | 1998 | – | Emerson, Dorothy | – |
| Dorothy Spoerl | – | Biographic information, excerpts | Zidowecki, Helen | – |
| Dr. Emily Howard Stowe: A most remarkable daughter | – | Canadian physician and women’s rights activist | Killoran, Maureen | – |
| Elizabeth Moore Manwell: At May Memorial Unitarian Society | 2001 | Religious Educator who, in partnership with Sophia Lyon Fahs, pioneered a new philosophy of teaching religious education. | Baker, Lisa | – |
| Emily Frances Fletcher: New England botanist | 2000 | – | Downey, Jean; Harman, Marian | – |
| Exploration of the Friendship of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, An | – | UU Historical Society | Hoist, Mary-Ella | – |
| Exhortation | 1813 | From The Female Christian | Barns, Lucy | Online |
| F.E.Harper Worship Service | 1995 | – | – | – |
| Failure is Impossible (Worship) | 1995 | Celebrates the 75th anniversary of the passaage of the 19th amendment, granting women the right to vote. | Worship | Online |
| Fair Women, The: Women at the 1893 World Parliament of Religions | – | – | Johnson, David | – |
| For a Woman to Speak in Church: The proud colling of Augusta Jane Chapin | 1997 | Second woman ordained to Universalist ministry. | Laucher, Phlox | – |
| Foster Sisters of Montreal, The | 2002 | Writings of active participants in 19th century literary, religious and benevolent life of Montreal. | MacDonald, Mary Lu | Online |
| Free and Natural Unfolding on Our Highest Power, The: Elizabeth Palmer Peabody and the moral education of children | 1997 | Founder of American kindergartens. | LaRiviere, Katherine | – |
| Friendship Across the Color Line: Celia Parker Woolley and Fannie Barrier Williams | 1997 | Breaking the “color line” of the Chicago Women’s Club. | Lee, Koby | – |
| From Gloucester to Philadelphia in 1790 | – | Observations, anecotes and thoughts from the 18th century letters. Soft-cover book, 338 pages. Judith Sargent Murray Society. | Smith, Bonnie Hurd | Book |
| Genuine Friendship, A | 1993 | – | Goodwin, Joan | – |
| Goddesses, Witches, and the Paradigm Shift | – | Dramatic readings, including one of four famous Unitarian universalist women. Ideal for use as worship service. (not UUWHS) | Bowman, Meg, ed | Book |
| Harriot Kezia Hunt: Physician of Body, Mind and Soul | 2001 | First American woman to practice medicine. | Duncan, Sarah | – |
| Heritage | – | Poem | Carr, Sarah Pratt | Online |
| Herstory Comes to Life (Worship) | 1990 | Worship | – | Online |
| Hundred Years Hence, A (Worship) | 1996 | Addresses past, present, future. | Worship | Online |
| Hundred Years Hence, A: SGM | – | Small Group Ministry quote | Zidowecki, Helen | Online |
| In the Parsonage, In the Parish: Experiences of Nineteenth Century Unitarian Ministers’ Wives | – | Exploration of roles and experiences. | Mace, Emily | Online |
| Influence of Catherine Helen Spence of Social and Politcal Reform in South Australia: 1860-1910. | 1996 | – | Samsom, Diana | – |
| Inspiration from the Past (Play) | – | Written by girls in May Memorial UU Church, Syracuse, 5/1/1994 | – | Online |
| Joining Hands Around the World–Women Making Peace (Worship) | – | General Assembly. Visitors from the past share their work for peace as empowerment for today’s efforts to create a peaceful world. 2002 | Goodwin, Joan; Emerson, Dorothy | Online |
| Judith Sargent Murray | – | Gleaner | – | Online |
| Judith Sargent Murry (Video?) | – | By UU minister who discovered Judith Sargent Murray’s letterbooks. Includes discovery story and introduces Judith Sargent Murray, feminist, essayist, dramatist, wife of Universalist minister John Murray. 35 minutes. | Gibson, Gordan | – |
| Ladies’ Repository, The: Sisterhood of Universalists | 1998 | – | Goodwin, Joan | – |
| Let Us Now Praise Universalist Women (Worship) | – | Biographies of historic Universalist women. Includes a children’s story. Hymn texts written by Universalist women. 1993 | – | Online |
| Let Us Now Praise Universalist Women, SGM | – | Small Group Ministry quote | Zidowecki, Helen | Online |
| Letters I Left Behind, The: Letter Book 10 | – | First of 23 Letter Books to be published. Review | Smith, Bonnie Hurd | Online |
| Middle School Named after Abolitionist Maria Chapman | – | Newspaper article, Weymouth (MA) News | – | Online |
| More Than Common Powers of Perception | – | The diary of Elizabeth Rogers Mason Cabot, a woman who led a typical life in 19th century Boston. Hardcover. Beacon Press | – | – |
| Music: Confession of Faith, A (Worship) | – | Anthem for four voices. Setting of lyrics by Anita Truernan 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.” | Cobb, Lil | – |
| Music: Standing Before Us (Worship) | – | Women’s History theme song. Ideal for group singing. | Eagleheart, Carole Etzer | – |
| Notable Universalist and Unitarian Women, 7th ed. | – | Listing of over 450 historical Universalist and Unitarian women with brief description of their lives and writings. | – | Online |
| Olympia Brown: Minister of Social Reform | 1992 | Universalist minister and women’s rights advocate. | Nichols, Claudia | – |
| Oral History as an Intergenerational Religious Education Program | 1992 | Includes Oral History Guidelines. Complete information on how to do oral history as an all-church project. | – | – |
| Outcome of This Faith: How Universalism Changed History in the Person of Mary Ashton Livermore, The | 1995 | Mary Ashton Livermore, Lecturer, abolitionist, suffragist, Sanitary Commission leader in Civil War. | O’Connell, Daniel | Online |
| Pilgrimage to the Birthplace of Women | – | – | Emerson, Dorothy | – |
| Reading on the Life of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (Worship) | – | The story of an African American involved in the women’s suffrage movement. Told by two narrators and Frances Harper herself, with excerpts from her poems and novel. | – | – |
| Re-Centering Our Religious History (Worship) | 1992 | Imaginative interview format featuring dialog recreated from their writings, including social action, role of religion in society, confronting racism, advice to today’s women. | – | – |
| Reflections of Women in the Ministry: Eleanor Gordon -Religious teacher and inspirer of things ethical and spiritual | – | Analysis of the sermons of this member of the “Iowa Sisterhood” of Unitarian ministers. | Doege, Lisa | – |
| Representative Women | 1992 | – | Emerson, Dorothy | – |
| Sarah Edgarton Mayo: More than a “Sweet Singer of God’s Unbounded Love” | 1996 | Ladies Repository contributor, author. l | Gemmill, Eva | – |
| Singing, Shouting, Celebrating Unitarian and Universalist Women (Worship) | – | Young woman learns about historical origins of today’s justice movements and the crucial role played by UU women. Includes 13 hymns and songs, with words by UU women. | – | – |
| Standing Before Us | – | Anthology of writings and biographies of UU women engaged in social reform, 1776-1936. UUA Bookstore | Emerson, Dorothy, ed. | Book |
| Standing Before Us (Song) | – | Song (50+copies) | Eagleheart, Carole Etzer | – |
| Stirring the Sagas: What Canadian Connections Do | – | Various Canadian women, and the experiences of US women related to women. UUWHS Annual Meeting 2002. | Baros-Johnson, Irene; Greenhavens, Eliz. | Online |
| Tale of Beatrix Potter, The | 1995 | Environmental work of the famous children’s book author and illustrator. By Ann MacConnachie | MacConnachie, Ann | – |
| They Showed the Way – The Way Leads On (Worship) | 1998 | Acknowledges contributions from the early feminist movement and limitations around race and class issues. | – | Online |
| Tribute to Phoebe Ann Coffin Hanaford (Worship), A | 1998 | A dramatic reading about the first woman minister in New England. | – | Online |
| Uncovering Your Church’s History of Women | 2004 | – | Coeyman, Barbara | – |
| Unitarian Influence on Elizabeth Peabody and American Kindergartens, The | 1996 | Founder of American kindergartens, transcendentalist. | Edwards, June | – |
| Unitarian Universalist Women’s Heritage Trail: Boston | – | Describes 22 sites relating to historic UU women. | Jaronski, Christine | – |
| Universalist & Unitarian Women Ministers, 2nd Ed. | – | Biographical dictionary of women ministers from the past. UU Historical Society. | Hitchings, Catherine F. | Book |
| Universalist Catechism, A | – | First published in 1792. Reprint edition, with introduction by Bonnie Hurd Smith | – | – |
| Voices from the Past (Worship) | 1990 | Women speak their own words about struggle and hope, vocation, faith, theology. 1990 | – | – |
| Voices of Courage (Worship) | 2001 | Honors the 150th anniversary of Sojourner Truth’s “Aren’t I a Woman?” speech, at the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention at the Universalist church in Akron, and President Frances Gage, who permitted Truth to speak. | Arnold, Nancy; Edington, Rose; Grigolia, Mary | Online |
| Woman of Firsts, A: The ministry of Florence Buck | 2003 | Unitarian minister/pioneer religious educator was the first woman to serve as the executive secretary of the American Unitarian Association’s Department of Relgious Education. | Ziemer, Melissa | – |
| Women & Religion: Deep Roots and Hidden History SGM | – | Small Group Ministry | Zidowecki, Helen | Online |
| Women and Religion: Deep Roots and Hidden History (Worship) | 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. 1997 | – | Online |
| Women Blazing Trails (Worship) | 1994 | Brief introductions to women who were pioneers in various professional fields followed by their own words. 1994 | – | Online |
| Women Blazing Trails, SGM | – | Small Group Ministry quote | Zidowecki, Helen | Online |
| Women of the South (Worship) | – | First-person stories . 2000 | – | Online |
| Women of the West (Worship) | 1999 | Features vignettes and words 1999 | – | Online |
| Women of the West, SGM | – | Small Group Ministry quote | Zidowecki, Helen | Online |
| Women’s Heritage Worship Resource Packet (Worship) | – | Readings, hymns, and sermons by historic Unitarian and Universalist women. | – | – |
| Women’s History: Dramatic Readings | – | Dramatic readings, including one on Mary Wollistonecraft, Hot Flash Press. | Bowman, Meg, ed | – |
| Women’s Rights Anniversary Celebration, 1998-2000 | – | Paper | – | – |
| Women’s Rights Anniversary Celebration, 1998-2000 (Video) | – | Documents local efforts to celebrate Universalist and Unitarian women active in the antislavery and women’s suffrage movements as well as more current human rights causes. 22 minutes. Comes with resource booklet. | Video | – |
| Writing from The Gleaner | – | Volume 111, No. LXXXVIII | Murray, Judith | – |
| – | Analysis of the sermons of this member of the “Iowa Sisterhood” of Unitarian ministers. | – | – |
