The New York History Review has just
published my article, “Remembering Olympia Brown: Pioneer Minister and Advocate for Equal Rights for Women.”
Olympia was
the first woman in U.S. history to become a fully ordained minister with a
degree from a regularly established theological school. She spent the rest of
her 91-year-old life preaching and crusading for women’s rights.
This summer
marks the sesquicentennial of Olympia’s history-making achievements, both of which
took place in the North Country. She was ordained in the Universalist Church in
Malone, NY on June 25, 1863, and graduated from the Theological School of St.
Lawrence University in Canton, NY two weeks later.
The New York History Review has been
published since 2006 by Diane Janowski as an online magazine with an annual
printed issue. It carries articles touching on various aspects of local New
York State history and fills a void in the history publishing world.
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