Unitarians
Best known as the author of Little Women, was an advocate of abolition, women's rights, and temperance.
Who is Louisa May Alcott
Universalist minister and well-traveled missionary, is known as the "St. Paul of the Universalist Church." He has been credited with starting at least 40 churches and inspiring nearly 30 persons to enter the ministry.
Who is Quillen Shinn
Is often considered the finest English novelist of the 19th century. His enduring comic characters are part of the culture. He is known as well for exposing the wretchedness of the downtrodden, for his anger at their heartless oppression and for his contribution to the celebration of Christmas.
Who is Charles Dickens
Was the first woman to earn a degree from medical school in the United States and the first woman to appear on the medical registry of the United Kingdom.
Who is Elizabeth Blackwell
Universalist minister, theological school professor and dean, played a major part in reshaping the philosophy and practice of religious education within the Universalist and Unitarian denominations during the 1930s, '40s and '50s.
Who is Angus MacLean
One of America’s foremost architects, was born into a Unitarian family and identified as a Universalist throughout his life. His legacy to our religion can be seen in the two distinguished Unitarian Universalist churches he designed.
Who is Frank Lloyd Wright
Was an American novelist also known for short stories, essays, and plays. His writing often displays a darkly comic and satirical style revealing serious moral commentary, sometimes through the medium of science fiction.
Who is Kurt Vonnegut
Dedicated her life to opening doors for women. Among only a handful of women to graduate from college, she received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Antioch in 1860 and three years later became the first woman graduate of a regularly established theological school: St. Lawrence University.
Who is Olympia Brown
This manwas one of the folk singers responsible for popularizing the spiritual "We Shall Overcome" (also recorded by Joan Baez and many other singer-activists) that became the acknowledged anthem of the Civil Rights Movement
Who is Pete Seeger
He is the only person to have served as both President of the United States and Chief Justice of its Supreme Court.
Who is William Howard Taft
This family of New England produced some of the most well-known and distinguished American Universalists, including leading theologian and evangelist of early 19th-century Universalism, first president of Tufts University, and the founder of the Hopedale utopian community.
Who is the Ballou Family
Was an American Unitarian Universalist minister, pastor, and activist during the civil rights movement in Washington, D.C. and Boston, Massachusetts. While participating in the Selma to Montgomery marches actions in Selma, Alabama, in 1965, he was murdered by white segregationists.
Who is James Reeb
After communication with American and other Unitarians, he founded a Unitarian church in the town of Jowai, now the headquarters of the Indian Council of Unitarian Churches (ICUC)
Who is Hajom Kissor Singh
Essayist, poet, and playwright, was the most prominent woman essayist of her day. She argued forcefully for improved female education and for women to be allowed a public voice. She was among the first Universalists in New England, a pioneer religious educator.
Who is Judith Sargent Murray