Olympia Brown was a suffrage activist and the first ordained female minister in United States history.
Born in Prairie Ronde, Michigan, she was the first of four children born to Asa B. and Lephia Brown. She became a teacher at the age of 15. Refused entry into the University of Michigan, she went to Antioch College where she graduated in 1860. She then went to St. Lawrence Seminary and in 1863 became the first woman to be ordained as a minister of the church. She was then a Universalist minister at several churches during her lifetime.
Ms. Brown also became a tireless fighter for women's rights. She was a founding member of the New England Woman's Suffrage Association and later the president of the National Woman's Suffrage Association. Of the original suffragettes, she was only one of a few who lived long enough to see her dream of women gaining the right to vote materialize.
In 1873 she married John Henry Willis but kept her maiden name. Mother of John Parker Willis and Gwendolen Brown Willis.
Born in Prairie Ronde, Michigan, she was the first of four children born to Asa B. and Lephia Brown. She became a teacher at the age of 15. Refused entry into the University of Michigan, she went to Antioch College where she graduated in 1860. She then went to St. Lawrence Seminary and in 1863 became the first woman to be ordained as a minister of the church. She was then a Universalist minister at several churches during her lifetime.
Ms. Brown also became a tireless fighter for women's rights. She was a founding member of the New England Woman's Suffrage Association and later the president of the National Woman's Suffrage Association. Of the original suffragettes, she was only one of a few who lived long enough to see her dream of women gaining the right to vote materialize.
In 1873 she married John Henry Willis but kept her maiden name. Mother of John Parker Willis and Gwendolen Brown Willis.
Olympia Brown was a suffrage activist and the first ordained female minister in United States history.
Born in Prairie Ronde, Michigan, she was the first of four children born to Asa B. and Lephia Brown. She became a teacher at the age of 15. Refused entry into the University of Michigan, she went to Antioch College where she graduated in 1860. She then went to St. Lawrence Seminary and in 1863 became the first woman to be ordained as a minister of the church. She was then a Universalist minister at several churches during her lifetime.
Ms. Brown also became a tireless fighter for women's rights. She was a founding member of the New England Woman's Suffrage Association and later the president of the National Woman's Suffrage Association. Of the original suffragettes, she was only one of a few who lived long enough to see her dream of women gaining the right to vote materialize.
In 1873 she married John Henry Willis but kept her maiden name. Mother of John Parker Willis and Gwendolen Brown Willis.
Born in Prairie Ronde, Michigan, she was the first of four children born to Asa B. and Lephia Brown. She became a teacher at the age of 15. Refused entry into the University of Michigan, she went to Antioch College where she graduated in 1860. She then went to St. Lawrence Seminary and in 1863 became the first woman to be ordained as a minister of the church. She was then a Universalist minister at several churches during her lifetime.
Ms. Brown also became a tireless fighter for women's rights. She was a founding member of the New England Woman's Suffrage Association and later the president of the National Woman's Suffrage Association. Of the original suffragettes, she was only one of a few who lived long enough to see her dream of women gaining the right to vote materialize.
In 1873 she married John Henry Willis but kept her maiden name. Mother of John Parker Willis and Gwendolen Brown Willis.
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