“It is a curious error to suppose that you can carry on effectively a great liberal tradition while remaining ignorant or almost ignorant, of the beliefs and achievements of the people who have handed that tradition over to you.” — Harry Meserve
from the Dictionary of UU Biography. . .
"possessed more influence on the thought of American women than any woman previous to her time." So wrote Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton in their 1881 History of Woman Suffrage. Author, editor, and teacher, Fuller contributed significantly to the American Renaissance in literature and to mid-nineteenth century reform movements. A brilliant and highly educated member of the Transcendentalist group, she challenged Ralph Waldo Emerson both intellectually and emotionally. Women who attended her "conversations" and many prominent men of her time found Fuller's influence life-changing. Her major work, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, published in 1845, profoundly affected the women's rights movement which had its formal beginning at Seneca Falls, New York, three years later. http://www25-temp.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/margaretfuller.html
Online UU History Chat
Join our electronic discussion list at http://lists.uua.org/mailman/listinfo/uuhs-chat to participate in an eclectic, ever-changing conversation about UU history, ideas, and contemporary issues. Elz Curtiss and Holly Hendricks serve as moderators, and participants are based all over the Unit..Click title for more (29-Aug-2010)
The Living Legacy of C. Conrad Wright: A Memorial Forum
The Living Legacy of C. Conrad Wright: A Memorial Forum. watch the video (http://www.hds.harvard.edu/multimedia/video/the-living-legacy-of-c-conrad-wright) ..Click title for more (06-Dec-2011)
History Convocation
CLICK 2010 CONVO (http://www.uuhhs.org/convo/overview.htm) Scholarly papers, history reports, plenary session summaries, and performances from the 2010 UU History & Heritage CONVO are available. . (http://www.uuhh..Click title for more (03-Jan-2012)
UU History & Heritage Prizes - 2012
UU Heritage prizes will be awarded for the best sermon, story, essay, or poem collection dealing with some aspect of our Unitarian Universalist heritage. The Unitarian Universalist Historical Society announces . . . UU History and Heritage Prizes Youth Herit..Click title for more (10-Apr-2012)
The Lives of Margaret Fuller Lecture
“The Lives of Margaret Fuller” Featuring: Pulitzer Prize Winning Author John Matteson Annual Conrad Wright Lecture Thursday, May 3, 2012 - Wilson Chapel - Andover Newton Theological School Herrick Road - Newton Center, MA Please J..Click title for more (26-Apr-2012)
The mission of the Society is to strengthen a community dedicated to the disciplined study of liberal religious history, and to advance education, research, and dissemination of our Unitarian and Universalist heritage within and beyond the Unitarian Universalist Association.
We seek to increase awareness of our traditions in all their diverse experiences and expressions of which region, race, class, gender, and generation are a part. To this end we promote the collection and preservation of historical materials, support research by academic and independent scholars, including those in Unitarian Universalist theological schools, disseminate the fruits of that scholarship through various media including the Society’s journal, sponsor events for a broad public, and engage Unitarian Universalist congregations in historical research and celebration of our heritage. Join Us
History Organizations Working Together
The UUHHS works with other Unitarian Universalist history groups through the coordination of the Partners in Unitarian Universalist History and Heritage.
Four Unitarian Universalist interest groups joined forces in May 2009 to form Partners in Unitarian Universalist History and Heritage.
Partners in Unitarian Universalist History & Heritage has been created as an umbrella organization of groups devoted to Unitarian Universalist history and heritage, for purposes of providing support, resources, and advocacy to each group as needs arise, and to work together on aspects of administration and content that can be supported by collaborative work. Within this partnership, each organization will maintain its own distinct identity, goals, and methods of organization and operation. This new partnership will enhance the dissemination of information to the larger Unitarian Universalist movement, and it will provide support for research and preservation to congregations, to religious professionals, and to scholars of Unitarian Universalist history.
Under the partnership, each group maintains its own mission, and members and supporters of the respective organizations retain their primary connection with their group. Organizational newsletters, websites, and other activities will remain independently run. Links and shared activities among the groups will increase, and the Partners work together in events such as the Unitarian Universalist History and Heritage Convocation, and booth and workshops at General Assembly. Quick link to Partners in Unitarian Universalist History and Heritage (PUUHH).