Olympia Brown

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1835 – 1926

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Who was Olympia Brown?

Olympia Brown was an American suffragist. She is regarded as the first woman to graduate from a theological school, as well as becoming the first full-time ordained minister. Brown was also one of the few first generation suffragists who were able to vote with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.

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Born
Jan 5, 1835
Prairie Ronde Township
Religion
  • Universalist Church of America
Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • Mount Holyoke College
  • Antioch College
  • St. Lawrence University
Lived in
  • Kalamazoo
Died
Oct 23, 1926
Baltimore

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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