EVANGELICAL WOMEN IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1800; HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY P/36

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In this post I will focus on a woman named Helen Barrett Montgomery. She lived from 1861 - 1934. Her parents  were Amos Judson Barrett and Emily Barrows Barrett. Helen was born in Kingsville, Ohio. USA. Her parents moved to Rochester, New York, when she was a child so that her father could attend the Rochester Theological Seminary. After his graduation he became pastor of Lake Avenue Baptist Church in the city.

Helen studied at Wellesly College, where she graduated with a teacher certification in 1884. She taught in Rochester and afterwards at the Wellesley Preparatory School in Philadelphia. In 1887, Helen married William A. Montgomery.

Helen stayed on at  Lake Avenue Baptist Church, the church her father was the pastor of until his death. In 1892 the congregation licensed her to preach. She organised and taught a women's Bible class at the church, which she led for 44 years in the midst of her other activities.

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