Founding Director of Women's Interfaith Institute, Rev. Allison Stokes PhD., will Present Slide Show and Lecture on Women's History
Mar 11, 2010
"Drawing Inspiration from Our Pioneering Foremothers" : A lecture and slide presentation that covers the first Women's Rights Convention in 1848 in Seneca Falls to the first Parliament of World's Religions in 1893 in Chicago.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke out in 1848 against women’s exclusion from religious leadership and theological education. By 1893 things had changed for the better as many remarkable women were ordained religious leaders, scholars and teachers. Sadly, that forward momentum stalled, and several generations of nineteenth century progress for women in religion was ignored and forgotten. (Not until the 1970s did the movement forward begin again.) This slide presentation recovers the remarkable story of our foremothers.
Rev. Allison Stokes, Ph.D. is Founding Director of the Women’s Interfaith Institute—established in the Berkshires (1992) and in the Finger Lakes (2002). A scholar activist, she is currently Director of Religion and Spiritual Life at the University of Rochester, where she teaches a course on “The Interfaith Movement.” While living in the Berkshires, Stokes served as Pastor of the West Stockbridge Congregational Church. She looks forward to returning to the Berkshires, reconnecting with long-time friends and
making new ones on March 11th.
Please join us for this women's monthly potluck program and bring a friend.
$5-10 Suggested minimum donation (to support our programs)
Free for members
*Please bring a labeled dish to share*
Where
Church on the Hill Chapel- 55 Main Street, Lenox, MA
(The brown building is down the street from the main church, and across the street from Nejaime's Wine Cellar. Please use entrance on right side of bldg.)
5:45 Gathering with food
6:00 Welcome circle
6:15 Potluck supper
7:00 Program
8:45 Closure and clean up
More information:
Eileen Quinn 413 232 0238 info@womensinterfaithberkshires.org