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Welcome! The Women and Religion Movement is alive and well in the 21st Century. A grassroots project started by lay leaders in the 1970s as an effort to promote examination of religious roots of sexism and patriarchy within the UUA and beyond, UU Women and Religion officially began as a task force following the unanimously-passed WOMEN AND RELIGION RESOLUTION at the 1977 UUA General Assembly. Although the Task Force was eventually sunsetted, the movement still exists in UU communities that hold Women & Religion programs and gatherings for those who identify as women. It exists at the UU General Assembly, where UUW&R brings our Store to the Exhibit Hall and occasionally hosts a gathering. And it lives in the hearts and lives of people who have been touched by the many changes inspired by this movement.

"We do not want a piece of the pie. It is still a patriarchal pie. We want to change the recipe!" -- Rosemary Matson

Meg-Bowman-PCDUUWR 11/23/2020 Meg has passed away. A retired Sociologist, Meg was a great-grandmother who remained active in OWL (Older-Women's League) and W&R: UUA (Women & Religion: Unitarian Universalist Association). Originally from North Dakota, Meg lived in northern California since 1961.

She bequeathed to UUWR the rights to continue publishing her books!

 

 

The Rest of Meg's Books

We're working on scanning and republishing these. Please use the Donate button on the bottom of the page if you'd like to help with this project.

Meg Bowman - Courageous Women

Courageous Women -- Dramatic Readings on Feminist Issues,  Vol. VII

  • Eight Courageous 19th Century Women: Margaret Fuller; Julia Ward Howe, Mary Livermore, Susan B. Anthony, Olympia Brown, Elizabeth Cady Staton, Clara Barton, Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
  • Courageous Olympia Brown (1835-1926)
  • Courageous Margaret Sanger (1879-1966)
  • Courageous Wangari Maathai (Kenya)
    Short Skits, Poetry, Responsive Readings and Song Parodies. This is Meg's 12th book.          MB-CW currently in revision and available in 2024

 

Meg Bowman - Memorial Services for WomenMemorial Services for Women. Non-theistic. 156 pages.

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Meg Bowman - Women's History - Dramatic ReadingsWomen's History: Dramatic Readings . . . 210 pages.
Sappho, Hypatia, Mary Wollstonecraft, Deborah Sampson, Emma Goldman, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn.

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Celebrating Ourselves . . . 142 pages.
Biographies of the Pacific Central District Women & Religion.

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Four Women. 306 pages.
Ideal for readers theater: Agnes Smedley - An Independent Woman, May Arkwritgt Hutton - Hitch Your Wagon to a Star, Miria Matembe - Bog Mouth: An Untraditional Woman of Uganda, Who Was Sally Hemings? plus poetry and readings.

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Meg Bowman - Women's WisdomWomen's Wisdom . . . 205 pages.
Readers theater on Margaret Fuller, Catharine Greene, Juliette Gordon Low, plus an anti FGM dramatic reading and more.

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Meg Bowman - Feminist ClassicsFeminist Classics: Women's Words That Changed the World. 179 pages.
Short articles, poems, book segments, humor from the "Second Wave of Feminism", designed as consciousness raisers.

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Readings for Older Women

NOW TAKING PREORDERS!

image.pngIf you order this along with other items, the book will be shipped when available at no extra charge. Books expected to be available in late April, 2024.

Edited by Meg Bowman and Diane Haywood Langford

We grow older each day, each moment. How precious the fragile strand of life! We grow wiser each year, each month. How good to feel that, at last, we are our own person!

23.95
25 In Stock

Readings for Women's Programs

This small collection of readings is designed to raise consciousness, enhance feelings of Sisterhood, and encourage, inspire and promote feminist values. Use the readings to open and close meetings or just enjoy reading them yourself.

Meg Bowman, PhD, was a professor of Sociology at San Jose State University, and author and a lecturer. Connie Springer is a graphic design and production specialist. Both are veteran activist in the women's movement.

8.95
3 In Stock

Goddesses, Witches and The Paradigm Shift

This essential book of dramatic readings by Meg Bowman contains:

  • Goddesses, Witches & the Paradigm Shift
  • Celebrating Ourselves (International)
  • Four Famous Unitarian Universalist Women: Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Dorothea Dix, Margaret Fuller
  • Bella & Phyllis by Milton Loventhal and Jennifer McDowell
  • Three Admirable Women: Florence Nightingale, Frances Willard, and Jane Addams
  • Finding Our Foremothers: Emily Stowe, Frances Perkins Gilman, Frances Power Cobbe by Rev. Maureen Killoran
14.95
30 In Stock

Guide to Crone Rituals

Meg said, "These Crone Rituals reflect my own response to insecurities about aging, and the realization that most women must come to terms with their own aging in an ageist and sexist culture that denigrates the reality of age." Available in original paperback while they last, or 2022 revised spiral-bound edition.

Meg Bowman, who passed in 2020, was a professor of Sociology, and a veteran peace, civil rights and feminist activist. Author of ten books, she has also published numerous books, essays, travel pieces, book reviews and collections of humorous flyers. Born in North Dakota in 1929, Meg lived near San Jose, CA for many years.

18-page Sneak Preview! (PDF)

Downloadable PDF also available.

 
26.95
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Guide to Crone Rituals - download

Meg said, "These Crone Rituals reflect my own response to insecurities about aging, and the realization that most women must come to terms with their own aging in an ageist and sexist culture that denigrates the reality of age."

18-page Sneak Preview! (PDF)

Print version also available.

16.95

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