UUWHS - About UUWHS

About UUWHS

The Unitarian Universalist Women's Heritage Society was founded in 1988 (as the Women's History Publication Project) by one woman with a vision and a small group of supportive colleagues with funding from the Unitarian Universalist Association and private donations. The Society seeks to recover and preserve the stories of UU women's lives so that future generations can be inspired by their wisdom and courage, celebrating the valuable gifts we have received from our Universalist and Unitarian foremothers.

The UUWHS is one of the founders of Partners for Unitarian Universalist History and Heritage, formed in 2009. UUWHS will be involved in presentations at the History Convocation, October 8-10, 2010, at Espousal Center, Waltham, MA. See http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/uuhs/historyconvocation/index.html for details.

Our Mission

The mission of the Unitarian Universalist Women's Heritage Society
is to
reclaim, communicate, and celebrate the lives and accomplishments of Universalist and Unitarian women,
and engage local congregations in the recovery of women’s history,
so that
we may draw courage and inspiration from our heritage,
and our foremothers may take their rightful place in the ongoing story of Unitarian Universalism.

What We Have To Offer You

Worship services, Small Group Ministry Sessions
research papers, references
Oral histories guidelines to capture stories of living UU women, and a repository for your tapes, transcripts, and written histories.
Programs, directly and through a clearing house of presenters, for congregations, historical societies, women’s groups, educational institutions
Programs at Unitarian Universalist General Assembly.
Information from the Library of over 1000 books and articles about Unitarian and Universalist women.
Calendar to events, both ones offered by UUWHS and ones offered in a variety of UU and related settings.
Links with other Unitarian Universalist organizations that focus on history

Why should you join UUWHS

For the pioneers, the Unitarian and Universalist women who came before, that we remember them and may be inspired by their example.
For the wise women living now, who are influencing us and helping to create a better world.
For our daughters and the women who paved a path for them to walk and for the future that is theirs to build.
For ourselves and our faith tradition, that we remember the past with gratitude and look to the future with hope. — Marilyn Holt, Previous Board Member

What You Have To Offer Us

Support through membership and donations. Click here for the Membership Form
Contributions to our growing knowledge about Unitarian and Universalist women.
Materials that you have created, such as worship services, religious education materials, articles, multi-media projects, and historical re-enactments.
Information about events that you are offering, that we can help publicize.
Service as a UUWHS representative in your congregation, organization, or district.
Participation in the organization of UUWHS, such as on the Board or committees, and offering suggestions and input.
Assistance in spreading the word about the work of the UUWHS.

Contact The UUWHS….We Want To Hear From You

An interactive site is our gift of women’s history to the women’s future.

You + UUWHS = UU Women’s history for the future

The office of the UUWHS is at UUWHS Library at Bethany Union. The address is:

Bethany Union
Attention UUWHS
256 Newbury St, Boston, 02116
(617) 266-0240
uuwhs@uuwhs.org