A Few Famous Unitarian Universalists
Historically, Unitarians and Universalists have been known for contributions to science, the arts, and social justice. We've listed a few names you might recognize, but for a more comprehensive look at noted UUs and their contributions, you can also visit the Famous UUs Website.
Thomas Jefferson - 3rd President of the United States and author of The Jefferson Bible. (Still available through the Unitarian Universalist Association's Beacon Press.)
Whitney Young - An advisor to both Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, he was a major force in America's civil rights movement. Young lobbied for a "Domestic Marshall Plan" and successfully pursuaded corporations and foundations to support civil rights and related programs.
Susan B. Anthony - A Pioneer in the women's sufferage movement and president of the National American Woman Sufferage Movement, who also had connections with our congregation. Click on her picture (above) to display an image of a ticket to her speech on "The Woman's Declaration of Rights" on July 4, 1876 at the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia.
Clara Barton - Founder of the American Red Cross.
Jane Addams - Co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931, and founder of Hull House in Chicago. One of the first facilities of its' type in North America, Hull House offered a day nursery, gymnasium, and community kitchen, as well as college-level courses, art, music, crafts, and theatre.
And other noted Unitarian-Universalists through history: Frank Furness; Charles Darwin; Florence Nightingale; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Adlai Stevenson; Albert Schweitzer; Margaret Fuller; Dorothea Dix.
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