Women of Ethical Culture

Who were some of the women who contributed to the Ethical Culture / Ethical Humanist movement through its history? You might know the name Anna Garlin Spencer — but there are more!

Black and white illustration of Lucy Colman, white-haired woman, sitting, with chin resting on her hand

Lucy Colman: Biography

Abolitionist, Feminist, Freethinker Lucy Colman worked for the abolition of enslavement and the education, after the Civil War especially, of …

Phyllis Schlafly, older white woman, in light blue suit jacket, a brooch, against darker blue background.

Phyllis Schlafly

Without Schlafly’s efforts in the 1970s, we’d probably have an Equal Rights Amendment in the US Constitution. Find out more …