1900 – James Martineau, a British philosopher and eminent Unitarian leader, died. He served as a long-time principal of Manchester, New College, Oxford University. Among his several books is The Seat of Authority in Religion. The post January 11 first appeared on Harvard Square Library. Read more at: www.HarvardSquareLibrary.org – the digital library of Unitarian … Continue reading This Day in Unitarian Universalist History January 11
1882 – Olive Higgins Prouty, the American novelist, was born. She had her successful Stella Dallas story shown in two films and broadcast daily via radio for 18 years. She was an active member of the First Parish, Unitarian in Brookline, Massachusetts. The post January 10 first appeared on Harvard Square Library. Read more at: … Continue reading This Day in Unitarian Universalist History January 10
1804 – Thomas Jefferson Sawyer was born. He was a leading figure in Universalist education. He founded the Universalist Historical Society and was the dean of Tufts Divinity School. Read more about Thomas Jefferson Sawyer at: www.HarvardSquareLibrary.org – the digital library of Unitarian Universalism. The post January 9 first appeared on Harvard Square Library.
1867 – Emily Greene Balch was born. A Unitarian, she was the chair of the Wellesley College Department of Economics and Sociology. In 1919, she and Jane Addams founded the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946. Read more about Emily Greene Balch at: www.HarvardSquareLibrary.org – … Continue reading This Day in Unitarian Universalist History January 8
1800 – President Millard Fillmore was born in Locke, New York. He signed a series of bills known as the Compromise of 1850, which admitted California to the Union as a free state, restricted the slave trade in the District of Columbia, and provided for the return of fugitive slaves. He was a member of … Continue reading This Day in Unitarian Universalist History January 7
1878 – Carl Sandburg, poet and biographer of Abraham Lincoln, was born in Galesburg, Illinois. He attended the town’s Lombard College, Universalist. He was a member of the Unitarian Church of Asheville, North Carolina when he died in 1967. Read “Prayers of Steel” by Carl Sandburg, or read about Sandburg and his wife, Lilian Steichen. … Continue reading This Day in Unitarian Universalist History January 6
1835 – Olympia Brown, a Universalist, was the first woman ordained to the ministry by a full denominational authority in. Read more about Olympia Brown at: www.HarvardSquareLibrary.org – the digital library of Unitarian Universalism. The post January 5 first appeared on Harvard Square Library.
1846 – Theodore Parker was installed in Boston as a Unitarian minister. A friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson, he preached to crowds of up to 3,000 in Boston. He defied the Fugitive Slave Act by taking escaped slaves into his home. He wrote sermons with a loaded gun on his desk. Read more about Theodore … Continue reading This Day in Unitarian Universalist History January 4
1792 – Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin published A Vindication of the Rights of Women—the first call for women’s suffrage. The post January 3 first appeared on Harvard Square Library. Read more at: www.HarvardSquareLibrary.org – the digital library of Unitarian Universalism.
1769 – Joseph Priestley, who discovered oxygen, published The Theological Repository, possibly the first Unitarian magazine in England, before fleeing to America to escape death by enemies. Read more about Joseph Priestley at: www.HarvardSquareLibrary.org – the digital library of Unitarian Universalism. The post January 2 first appeared on Harvard Square Library.
