Workshop 4: The Nineteenth Century Women's Peace Movement

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Part of Resistance and Transformation: Unitarian Universalist Social Justice History

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Introduction
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Oppression and war will be heard of no more Nor the blood of a slave leave his print on our shore, Conventions will then be a useless expense, For we’ll all go free suffrage, a hundred years hence. — Frances Dana Barker Gage, in her 1875 hymn “A Hundred Years Hence” This workshop explores…
Workshop-at-a-Glance
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Activity Minutes Welcoming and Entering 0 Opening 10 Activity 1: On the Frontlines 15 Activity 2: Personal Experience and Justicemaking 10 Activity 3: Generations of Action 25 Activity 4: Web of Influence 20 Faith in Action: Generation to Generation Closing 10 Alternate Activity 1: The Battle Hym…
Spiritual Preparation
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Think about where you received your inspiration to lead this workshop. Who or what influenced you to facilitate this program? Why have you undertaken this work now?…
Welcoming and Entering
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Materials for Activity Sign-in sheet and pen or pencil Name tags for participants (durable or single-use), and bold markers Workshop 1, Handout 1, Schedule Optional: Refreshments Preparation for Activity Have copies of Workshop 1, Handout 1, Schedule on hand for those who need one. Using the…
Opening
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Worship or centering table Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Timepiece (minutes) Chime or bell Copies of Singing the Living Tradition, the UUA hymnbook, for all participants Optional: Cloth for worship/centering table…
Activity 1: On the Frontlines
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Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Story, “Clara Barton” Leader Resource 1, Clara Barton, Portrait Optional: Computer and digital projector Preparation for Activity Read the story and make copies for yourself and two presenters. Prearrange for two volunteers to present the story….
Activity 2: Personal Experience and Justicemaking
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Timepiece (minutes) Chime Description of Activity Invite participants to consider the ways our personal experiences influence our justicemaking actions. Ask: What experiences have led you to take action on behalf of peace and justice? Invite…
Activity 3: Generations of Action
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Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 2, Transformative Relationships Handout 1, Transformative Relationships — A Map Handout 2, Women in the Peace Movement Optional: Computer and digital projector Preparation for Activity Review the relationship map in Handout 1 and re…
Activity 4: Web of Influence
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Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint or large sheets of drawing paper for all participants A variety of color markers Preparation for Activity Begin thinking about your own “relationship map” so you can help participants create theirs. Description of Activity Invite…
Closing
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Worship or centering table and chalice Participant journals Writing materials, including paper, pens, pencils, color pencils, and markers Taking It Home handout Preparation for Activity Customize the Taking It Home section of this workshop and copy…
Leader Reflection and Planning
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Take a few moments right after the workshop to ask each other: What went well? What didn’t? Why? What do you think was the best moment of the workshop? Why? Did anything surprise you? Review the materials for the next workshop. Are there any questions, or things that need to be researched between…
Faith In Action: Generation to Generation
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Preparation for Activity Invite youth from your congregation to join the group for a conversation. The youth group and the Coming of Age group are two possibilities. Description of Activity Gather as a group with youth from your congregation for a conversation to share hopes and dreams for the…
Alternate Activity 1: The Battle Hymn of the Republic
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Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 3, The Battle Hymn of the Republic Copies of Singing the Living Tradition, the UUA hymnbook, for all participants Optional: Musical accompaniment, recorded or live Description of Activity Share this background about the origin of “The Battl…
Alternate Activity 2: In Barton's Footsteps
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Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 4, Embattled Faith Pens and pencils Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Review Handout 4 and copy for all participants….
Taking It Home: The Nineteenth Century Women's Peace Movement
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Oppression and war will be heard of no more Nor the blood of a slave leave his print on our shore, Conventions will then be a useless expense, For we’ll all go free suffrage, a hundred years hence. — Frances Dana Barker Gage, in her 1875 hymn “A Hundred Years Hence” Few of the early women’s…
Clara Barton
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Clara Barton was born on Christmas Day, 1821, in Oxford, MA, into a Universalist family. She was living in Washington, D.C. when the U.S. Civil War landed at her doorstep. She began nursing wounded soldiers in her sister’s home, visiting the army camps, and was soon orchestrating the delivery of…
Handout 1: Transformative Relationships - A Map
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Handout 2: Women in the Peace Movement
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Frances Dana Barker Gage (1808-1884) was a Universalist, a lecturer, activist, novelist and journalist who was passionate about rights for women and for the abolition of slavery….
Handout 3: The Battle Hymn of the Republic
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Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on. (Chorus) Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory,…
Handout 4: Embattled Faith

Neil Shister

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Excerpted from the article “Embattled Faith,” by Neil Shister, which appeared in the July/August 2003 issue of UU World. Used with the author’s permission….
Leader Resource 1: Clara Barton, Portrait
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From the Library of Congress.
Leader Resource 2: Transformative Relationships
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Frances Dana Barker Gage (1808-1884) There came a time when Universalists refused to go with me as an abolitionist, an advocate for the rights of women, for earnest temperance pleaders… Then it came to me that Christ’s death as an atonement for sinners was not truth, but he had died for what he…
Find Out More
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Clara Barton Read “Unitarian and Universalist Roots of the American Red Cross” in the January/February 2002 issue of UU World. Women in the Peace Movement The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is a fantastic resource with many original documents and photographs. Women in Unitarianism and…