Juliann Jane Tillman
African Methodist Episcopal preacher
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Hattie B Cooper
When the Union United Methodist Church was located in Lower Roxbury in 1916, the Women’s Home Missionary Society, under the leadership of Hattie B. Cooper (1862–1949), provided services for the growing population of African Americans in that area.
Eliza Clapp
Eliza Clapp (1811-1888) was a prominent member of the Transcendentalist movement in 19th century New England and a poet and author.
Susanna Haswell Rowson
British playwright, actress and bestselling novelist
Angelina Noble
Aboriginal Australian translator and missionary
Harriet E Bishop
Harriet Bishop, best known as the founder of St. Paul’s first public and Sunday schools, was also a social reformer, land agent, and writer.
Sunya Pratt
Exposed to Buddhism at a young age, Reverend Sunya Gladys Pratt became an important spiritual leader for Jodo Shinshu Buddhists in the Pacific Northwest.
Maria Keawea Maki
Maria Keawea Maki was among the Native Hawaiians who participated in nineteenth-century Anglo-led missionary efforts in Oregon Territory.
Aiko Fujitani
Community and religious leader in Hawai’i.
Georgia Elliott
Pioneer in the Deaf women’s rights movement