The wild women whose stories I want to begin to tell you on this Sunday morning were liberal Unitarian and Universalist female ministers who went where no men (or very few) would go. These women became known as the Prophetic Sisterhood partly because Cythia Grant Tucker wrote a book of that title about them, but also because these brave, “wild” women were so radical and outspoken in their views. They spoke out against patriarchy, war, economic injustice, how non-whites were treated. Male UU ministers were not interested in the west because of low pay and less-than-ideal living conditions. That did not stop the women from serving congregations throughout the Midwest in places that were then considered to be part of the western frontier. Most of you probably never heard of these remarkable women. Here’s your chance!