I’ll be guest speaker at the Sunday morning service of the Kearsarge UU Fellowship on October 20, 2024 11:00 AM EDT.
The service will be both in person at the Stone Chapel, 194 Main St., Andover, NH 03216, and remote. I will be on Zoom. Please send me a message at if you wish to receive the Zoom link, or contact
Topic: Going Undercover
Spies and journalists put on disguises and go undercover for many reasons: to protect their countries, expose evils, or just plain get a good story. They cross lines of race, age, gender, class, religion, political ideology, and nationality, living a lie to discover the truth. Join me in thinking about the complicated ethics of this practice, the toll it takes, and the unexpected insights.
They Stomped on Down to Washington
Let’s go back, about 110 years, to a meeting, say in a small New Hampshire town. I’m conducting it, and I’ll now introduce our special guest. Mrs. Snodgrass Uppington, President of the Kearsarge Association Opposed to Further Extension of Suffrage for Women. Oh, wait, just one moment. There’s a march going on in the street. It’s so noisy. I’ll have to close the windows. Excuse me just a second, before Mrs. Uppington takes the dais. Mrs. Uppington? A …Read More
Betsy Woodman was educated on four continents, graduated from Smith College, and holds a Master's degree in Anthropology from Brandeis University. Read more »