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[Scott Pitta]

1952 UPC ministerial directory list of women ministers in California:

Allred, Geraldine R., Napa, Ca.
Dashley, Irene, H. Los Angeles, Ca.
David, Clarise, Napa, Ca.
Davis, Mary, E. Modesto, Ca.
Emory, Maxine, Fresno, Ca.
Fields, Ruth, Beale, Ca.
Fry, Bertha, Selma, Ca.
Goodenough, Grace, M. Modesto, Ca.
Gray, Emile B San Diego, Ca.
Haney, Faith O. Stockton, Ca.
Harvey, Audrey M. Long Beach, Ca.
Haws, Marie, E. Dinuba, Ca.
Hayden, Helen L Visalia, Ca.
Hayslip, Marie O North Hollywood, Ca.
Hudson, Rose, P. Oakland, Ca.
Jensen, Bessie M, Pretoria, South Africa
Jensen, Mary E Dearborn, Mi
Klein, Melissa Livingston, Ca.
Libby, Fannie, Covelo, Ca.
Lytle, Christena, P. Williams, Ca.
Malone, Mattie, Eva Modesto, Ca. (6/1/1932 - 3/14/52)
Mathews, Fannie B Riverside, Ca.
Merrill, Ruby L. Fresno, Ca.
Moss, Hilary Reseda, Ca.
Olson, Louise M. Oakland, Ca.
Shank, Dorothy, E. Brawley, Ca.
Smith, Lora Irene, Fairfield, Ca.
Swank, Evalena F. Dinuba, Ca.
Van Eaton, Ruth M. Ontario, Ca.
Wilson, Stella P. San Francisco, Ca.

A total of 15% of the licensed ministers in California (UPC) were women.

[Barb]

Originally Posted by Scott Pitta

1952 UPC ministerial directory list of women ministers in California:

Allred, Geraldine R., Napa, Ca.
Dashley, Irene, H. Los Angeles, Ca.
David, Clarise, Napa, Ca.
Davis, Mary, E. Modesto, Ca.
Emory, Maxine, Fresno, Ca.
Fields, Ruth, Beale, Ca.
Fry, Bertha, Selma, Ca.
Goodenough, Grace, M. Modesto, Ca.
Gray, Emile B San Diego, Ca.
Haney, Faith O. Stockton, Ca.
Harvey, Audrey M. Long Beach, Ca.
Haws, Marie, E. Dinuba, Ca.
Hayden, Helen L Visalia, Ca.
Hayslip, Marie O North Hollywood, Ca.
Hudson, Rose, P. Oakland, Ca.
Jensen, Bessie M, Pretoria, South Africa
Jensen, Mary E Dearborn, Mi
Klein, Melissa Livingston, Ca.
Libby, Fannie, Covelo, Ca.
Lytle, Christena, P. Williams, Ca.
Malone, Mattie, Eva Modesto, Ca. (6/1/1932 - 3/14/52)
Mathews, Fannie B Riverside, Ca.
Merrill, Ruby L. Fresno, Ca.
Moss, Hilary Reseda, Ca.
Olson, Louise M. Oakland, Ca.
Shank, Dorothy, E. Brawley, Ca.
Smith, Lora Irene, Fairfield, Ca.
Swank, Evalena F. Dinuba, Ca.
Van Eaton, Ruth M. Ontario, Ca.
Wilson, Stella P. San Francisco, Ca.

A total of 15% of the licensed ministers in California (UPC) were women.

Thank you SO much for taking the time to share this history with me...

[Scott Pitta]

Not a problem. There were more. But determining who was Oneness and who was not is a bit of a hat trick. Ministers associated with the Apostolic Faith Mission at Azusa Street were often women. So were Pentecostals who previously had been mission workers for Volunteers of America, Salvation Army and from the Peniel Mission.

It was socially acceptable in California for women to have a greater role in society than simply being mothers. There were also no Jim Crow laws preventing black women, such as Emma Cotton to found and pastor Pentecostal churches.

[Barb]

Originally Posted by Scott Pitta

Not a problem. There were more. But determining who was Oneness and who was not is a bit of a hat trick. Ministers associated with the Apostolic Faith Mission at Azusa Street were often women. So were Pentecostals who previously had been mission workers for Volunteers of America, Salvation Army and from the Peniel Mission.

It was socially acceptable in California for women to have a greater role in society than simply being mothers. There were also no Jim Crow laws preventing black women, such as Emma Cotton to found and pastor Pentecostal churches.

I recently read of Elder Lucy Smith, who was the founding pastor pf All Nations Pentecostal Church in Chicago. I am trying to find if she was Oneness...

Any light you or Mother Alvear could shed would be helpful...

[diakonos]

https://www.chipublib.org/fa-lucy-sm...lier-papers-2/

[Barb]

Originally Posted by diakonos

https://www.chipublib.org/fa-lucy-sm...lier-papers-2/

Thank you, but this doesn't tell me if she was Oneness in doctrine; only Pentecostal in experience.

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by Barb

I recently read of Elder Lucy Smith, who was the founding pastor pf All Nations Pentecostal Church in Chicago. I am trying to find if she was Oneness...

Any light you or Mother Alvear could shed would be helpful...

Not One God.

Hope that helps.