Alma Bridwell White
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1862 – 1946
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Who was Alma Bridwell White?
Alma Bridwell White was the founder, and a bishop of the Pillar of Fire Church. In 1918, she became the first female bishop in the United States. She was noted for her association with the Ku Klux Klan and her feminism, anti-Catholicism, antisemitism, anti-Pentecostalism, racism, and hostility to immigrants.
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- Born
- Jun 16, 1862
Lewis County - Also known as
- Alma White
- Spouses
- Children
- Religion
- Methodism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Kentucky
- Died
- Jun 26, 1946
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on July 23, 2013
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