Antoinette Brown Blackwell

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American minister (1825-1921)

United States WritersLived 1825 to 1921 · aged 96

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Antoinette Louisa Brown, later Antoinette Brown Blackwell, was the first woman to be ordained as a mainstream Protestant minister in the United States.

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Antoinette Louisa Brown's childhood home, located at 1099 Pinnacle Road in Henrietta, NY.

Brown before she married.

Antoinette Blackwell (1894)

Antoinette Brown Blackwell pictured in her later years

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1993National Women's Hall of Fame

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John Rechy49.5

Dan Barker49.5

Larry Rickles49.5 E. W. Kenyon49.5

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About this person

Antoinette Louisa Brown, later Antoinette Brown Blackwell, was the first woman to be ordained as a mainstream Protestant minister in the United States. She was a well-versed public speaker on the paramount issues of her time and distinguished herself from her contemporaries with her use of religious faith in her efforts to expand women's rights. She was also known for her science based refutation of Darwin's gender bias in The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex with her book The Sexes Throughout Nature.

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