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Women in UMC History

Women In UMC History

Leontine T.C. Kelly

Trailblazing Bishop

Women In UMC History

Fanny J. Crosby

Composer of beloved hymns

Women In UMC History

Jarena Lee

19th Century Preacher

Women In UMC History

Marjorie Swank Matthews

First Woman Bishop

Theressa Hoover

Women In UMC History

Theressa Hoover

Led Women's Division

Women In UMC History

Mary Bosanquet Fletcher

Defender of Women Preaching

Women In UMC History

Clara Swain

M.D. and Missionary

Lydia Sexton

Women In UMC History

Lydia Sexton

Licensed "Pulpit Speaker"

Women In UMC History

Julia Torres Fernandez

First Hispanic Elder

Women In UMC History

Alma Matthews

Friend to Imigrants

Women In UMC History

Dorothy Height

Civil Rights Grandmother

Paula Mojzes

Women In UMC History

Paula Mojzes

First woman superintendent

Women In UMC History

Lois Dauway

Champion for social justice

Maud Keister Jensen

Women In UMC History

Maud Keister Jensen

First woman in full connection

Lois Glory Neal

Women In UMC History

Lois Glory-Neal

Native American elder & DS

Frances W Alguire

Women In UMC History

Frances W. Alguire

Chair, World Methodist Council

Women In UMC History

Joaquina Nhanala

Only woman bishop in Africa

Colleen-Kyung-Seen-Chun

Women In UMC History

Colleen Kyung Seen Chun

First Asian woman in full connection

Ella Niswonger

Women In UMC History

Ella Niswonger

First woman elder in UBC

Lucy Rider Meyer

Women In UMC History

Lucy Rider Meyer

Archbishop of deaconesses

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