In a groundbreaking essay written in 1997, Ann Braude asked the question: “how would we tell the story of American religion if we took as our point of departure the fact that women constitute the majority of participants in religious activities and institutions?" Even without women in religious leadership positions, their numerical dominance in most religious traditions and elevation in society as an example of “moral” But it is not only American religious history – it is the history of Christianity and Unitarian Universalist history—and yet—why do we often hear so little about women?