Read Part One HERE
In this post I will continue to focus on a woman named Julia A.J. Foote. She lived from 1823 - 1901.
Through her autobiography "A Brand plucked from the Fire" and her preachings, Julia shed light on the discrimination that African American people faced in the US, and also the prejudices against women that existed. She used her religious voice and impact to spread far-reaching messages about these major societal issues. She felt that if women read, heard, and grasped the power of the gospel they would be free from prejudices and discrimination, and she actively sought for women to be able to preach in churches. During her travels where she preached across the US, she brought along other women, including sister Ann M. Johnson with whom she preached and travelled with for about seven years. Julia also spoke a lot about the issues that African Americans face in society, and discussed their spirituality and argued that people strive to achieve holiness. In her autobiography, she stressed slavery's impact on African American families, the financial hardship that African Americans face, and the evils of lynching.
She was the first woman to be ordained in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and the second to be ordained as an elder. She died in November 1901. She was living with Bishop Walter's family when she died. and was buried on his family plot in Brooklyn. She was as Bishop Walters wrote, "a renowned woman evangelist."
Read Part Twenty-One HERE
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