EVANGELICAL WOMEN IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1800; HELEN BARRETT MONTGOMERY P/37

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In this story I will continue to focus on a woman named Helen Barrett Montgomery. She lived from 1861 - 1934. Helen's involvement and leadership in church circles and the city's women movement led her to serve as a delegate to annual meetings of the Northern Baptist Convention, the association of Northern Baptist churches where she helped to decide policy.        

In 1921, Helen was the first woman to be elected president of the Northern Baptist Convention. She strongly believed that women had an active role to play in the church and society.

Helen worked as well on social reforms, especially those to benefit women. In 1893, she joined Susan B. Anthony in forming a new chapter of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union in Rochester, which served poor women and children in the city. She served as its president from 1893 - 1911. 

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