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She was: the first woman ordained as a minister in the state of Rhode Island (an "independent" minister serving an independent chapel), the first woman to serve as a leader in Ethical Culture, a pioneer in the social work profession as a college teacher and author, an early expert on the family, a much-published author in magazines of the early 20th century, peace activist, woman's rights reformer, temperance worker, seminary professor, child labor reformer, founder of the NAACP and an officer or member during most of the years of the Free Religious Association.
- Anna
Garlin Spencer Quotations
- "The
Social Use of the Post-Graduate Mother"
- essay by Anna Garlin Spencer,
from Woman's Share in Social Culture,1913. Essay on a woman's life
after motherhood, including speculations on why so many middle-aged and old
women were oppressed in the Middle Ages as witches.
- "Are We Outgrowing the Need for a Church?" - delivered to the Unitarian minister's conference in the Berry Street lecture, 1929 -- the first Berry Street Lecture delivered by a woman
- Anna Garlin
Spencer - from the Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia
- Anna Garlin Spencer
- The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
- Anna Garlin
Spencer - from Compton's Encyclopedia Online
- Anna
Garlin Spencer Papers
- a biography precedes information on Spencer's
papers, available also on microfilm
- Women in the Ethical Culture
Movement - a mention of Spencer (the author erroneously uses
"Garland" instead of "Garlin" in one place)
- FBI Kept a Close Eye on Carrie Chapman Catt
- mention of Spencer in an FBI report, 1928
- Famous Unitarian Women:
Anna Garlin Spencer - sermon by Rev. Kimi Riegel, May 21, 2000
- How the NAACP Began
- includes reference to Anna Garlin Spencer as one of the original signers
of the call for the founding of the NAACP, reflecting her life-long interest
in racial justice.
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