Olympia Brown

Olympia Brown (January 5, 1835 – October 23, 1926) 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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Olympia Brown
Birth dateJanuary 05, 1835
Birth place
Prairie Ronde Township Michigan
Nationality
United States
Religion
Universalist Church of America
Date of deathOctober 23, 1926
Place of death
Baltimore

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