Ann Allebach | |
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 Allebach, c. 1916 | |
| Born | Ann Jemima Allebach May 8, 1874 |
| Died | April 27, 1918 (aged 43) |
| Occupation | Mennonite minister |
| Political party | Progressive Party[1] |
Ann Jemima Allebach (May 8, 1874 – April 27, 1918) was an American minister, educator and suffragette. She was the first woman ordained as a Mennonite minister in North America,[2][3] on January 15, 1911.[4] There was not another Mennonite woman ordained until 1973.[3]
Allebach was the first woman ever chosen from Kings County, New York, to be a delegate to a national political convention. She was chosen for the 1912 Republican National Convention held in Chicago but was not allowed to attend. She was a delegate from the Eighteenth Assembly District of the State Convention of the Progressive Party at Syracuse.[1]
- ^ a b "True Spirit of the Ballot is Humanitarian". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. New York. June 8, 1913. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Fretz 1990.
- ^ a b Skinner Keller 2006, p. 268.
- ^ The Reading Eagle 1911, p. 14.
