Florence E. Kollock

"A Woman of the Century"

Florence E. Kollock (after marriage, Florence Kollock-Crooker; January 19, 1848 – April 21, 1925) was an American Universalist minister and lecturer.[1] She organized and served as pastor of the Stewart Avenue Universalist Church (now known as the Beverly Unitarian Church), Chicago, 1878–92. She subsequently served as pastor of the Universalist Church, Pasadena, California, 1892–95, where, with a membership of nearly 500, it was the largest congregation in the world under the charge of a woman.[2] From 1904 till September 1910, she was the pastor of St. Paul's Universalist Church, Jamaica Plain (Boston), Massachusetts. Kollock served as President of the Woman's Centenary Association, (later, the Association of Universalist Women), 1902–3.[3] She lectured extensively in the U.S. and abroad on sociological and philanthropic problems.[4] She was prominent in all reformatory and educational work, including the temperance movement and women's suffrage.[5][6][1]

  1. ^ a b Willard & Livermore 1893, p. 441.
  2. ^ "Rev. Florence Kollock". Kansas Agitator. 30 August 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 14 April 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Emerson 2000, p. 458.
  4. ^ Leonard & Marquis 1914, p. 553.
  5. ^ Magidson, Errol (August 25, 2011). "Florence Ellen Kollock Crooker". uudb.org. Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography, an on-line resource of the Unitarian Universalist History & Heritage Society. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  6. ^ Logan 1912, p. 737.