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(1835 \u2013 1926)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before her death in 1926, Olympia Brown was one of Michigan\u2019s earliest supporters of women\u2019s right to vote. Born in 1835 in Kalamazoo County, Brown was the first woman minister in the U.S. to be ordained with full ecclesiastical authority. She attended Schoolcraft Academy in Michigan and graduated from Antioch College, Ohio, in 1860. In 1863, she became the first female graduate of Canton Theological School in New York and was ordained by the St. Lawrence Association of Universalists in Malone, New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the time she was given her first congregation in 1864 in Weymouth, Massachusetts, Brown was a strong supporter of women\u2019s rights. In 1866, Brown, along with Susan B. Anthony, became a charter member of the American Equal Rights Association. In 1868, Brown was the principal founder of the New England Woman\u2019s Suffrage Association, the very first organization developed for women\u2019s suffrage. The National Woman\u2019s Suffrage Association elected Brown its vice president in 1884. That same year she was named president of the Wisconsin Woman\u2019s Suffrage Association, a post she held for 28 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a pioneering woman minister, Brown encouraged many young women to enter the ministry, and she personally helped train several candidates. In 1878, Brown accepted a pastorate in Racine, Wisconsin, and moved her husband and two young children with her from Connecticut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By 1886, as a result of her persistent work on behalf of women\u2019s suffrage, a law was approved allowing women to vote in school elections. She then resigned her ministry to devote all of her time to women\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1892, Brown founded the Federal Woman\u2019s Suffrage Association in Chicago, Illinois because she believed that federal enactment held the best chance for women\u2019s suffrage. She served as the association\u2019s president for 17 years. 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