| Olympia Brown |
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| 1835 births | |
| 1926 deaths | |
| american womens rights activists | |
| universalists | |
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She was born in Prairie Ronde , Michigan . She attended Mount Holyoke College (then called ''Mount Holyoke Female Seminary'') from 1854-55. She then transferred to, and graduated from, Antioch College in 1860. She was the first woman to graduate at a regularly established theological school ( St. Lawrence University ) in 1863 . In that same year she also became the first woman to achieve full ministerial standing recognized by a denomination, as an ordained Universalist minister. In comparison, Antoinette Brown was ordained as a minister by a Congregationalist Church in 1853, but this was not recognized by her denomination {Link without Title} . In 1873 she married John Henry Willis. Olympia Brown was a member of the Woman's Party and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She was also the co-founder of the New England Woman Suffrage Association and the president of the Federal Suffrage Association In 1999 she was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall Of Fame . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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