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by Josephine Benton

Appendix  B

Partial list of
Seventh-day Adventist
Women Ministers 1884 - 1975


Compiled by the Archives of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and Josephine Benton


NOTES:
 
There were Seventh-day Adventist women ministers before 1884. For example, Sarah A. Hallock Lindsey (see Chapter 9) was licensed in 1872. However, the lists of ministers available to the General Conference Archives from which to compile this list begin with 1884. Previous ministers, men and women, must be researched individually.

Ordained: The terminology used in the early official lists was "Ministers" for those who carried ordained ministers' credentials and "Licentiates" for those who had been issued ministerial licenses; later the corresponding categories in the "Yearbooks" became "Ministers" and "Ordained Ministers." Headings in these lists indicate the type of credential/license issued rather than the term used in the respective yearbooks.

YEAR
 CONFERENCE LICENSED ORDAINED
1884General ConferenceMrs. E.G. White
Kansas Mrs. R. Hill
Mrs. H. Enoch
Michigan Mrs. E.B. Lane
Mrs. G.K. Owen		 Mrs. E.G. White
Minnesota Anna M. Johnson
Libbie Collins
1885 General Conference Mrs. E.G. White
Kansas Mrs. H. Enoch
Michigan Mrs. E.S. Lane
Mrs. G.K. Owen		 Mrs. E.G. White
1886 General Conference Mrs. E.G. White
Illinois Ida. W. Hibben
Kansas Hattie Enoch
Michigan Mrs. E.B. Lane
Mrs. G.K. Owen		 Mrs. E.G. White
1887 General Conference Mrs. E.G. White
Kansas Hattie Enoch
Ruie Hill
Michigan Mrs. E.B. Lane
Mrs. G.K. Owen		 Mrs. E.G. White
Vermont Mrs. S.E. Pierce
1888 Alabama/Mississippi Mrs. Ruie Hill
California Mrs. G.K Owen Mrs. E.G. White
Kansas Hattie Enoch
Michigan Mrs. E.S. Lane
Mrs. G.K. Owen		 Mrs. E.G. White
Wisconsin Hattie Enoch
General Field Mrs. E.G. White
1889 General Conference  Mrs. E.G. White
Alabama/Mississippi Mrs. Ruie Hill
California Mrs. G.K. Owen
Michigan Mrs. E.S. Lane
1890 General Conference Mrs. E.G. White
California Mrs. G.K. Owen
Kansas Mrs. Ruie Hill
1891 General Conference Mrs. E.G. White
California Mrs. G.K. Owen
Kansas Mrs. Ruie Hill
1892 General Conference Mrs. E.G. White
California Mrs. J.A. Owen
Kansas Mrs. Ruie Hill
1893 General Conference Mrs. E.G. White
California Mrs. J.A. Owen
Iowa Mrs. Flora Plummer
Kansas Mrs. Ruie Hill
1894 General Conference Mrs. E.G. White
California Mrs. J.A. Owen
Kansas Mrs. Ruie Hill
New Zealand Mrs. Margarent Caro
1895 General Conference Mrs. E.G. White
California Mrs. J.A. Owen
New York Mrs. S.A. Lindsay
Upper Columbia Mrs. Ruie Hill
New Zealand Mrs. Margaret Caro
1896 General Conference Mrs. E.G. White
California Mrs. J.A. Owen
New York Mrs. S.A. Lindsay
Upper Columbia Mrs. Ruie Hill
New Zealand Mrs. Margaret Caro
1897 Gen. Conf & Australasian Union Mrs. E.G. White
California Mrs. J.A. Owen
Upper Columbia Mrs. Ruie Hill
New Zealand Mrs. Margaret Caro
1898 Gen. Conf. & Australasian Union Mrs. S.M.I Henry Mrs. E.G. White
California Mrs. J.A. Owen
New Zealand Mrs. Margarent Caro
New York Mrs. Lulu Wightman
Upper Columbia Mrs. Ruie Hill
1899 General Conference Mrs. S.M.I. Henry Mrs. E.G. White
New York Mrs. Lulu Wightman
Upper Columbia Mrs. Ruie Hill
British Conference Mrs. Edith Bartlett
New Zealand Mrs. M. Caro
1900 Gen. Conf. & Australasian Union Mrs. Hetty H. Haskell Mrs. E.G. White
New York Mrs. Lulu Wightman
Upper Columbia Mrs. R. Hill
British Conference Mini Robinson
New Zealand Mrs. M. Caro
1901 General Conference Mrs. H.H. Haskell Mrs. E.G. White
Iowa Mrs. G.R. Hawkins
Michigan Mrs. E.R. Williams
New York Mrs. Lulu Wightman
Utah Mrs. Carrie V. Hansen
1902 General Conference Mrs. H.H. Haskell Mrs. E.G. White
Greater New York Mrs. S.N. Haskell
Iowa Mrs. G.R. Hawkins
(Mich.) Superior Mission Mrs. E.R. Williams
New York Mrs. Lulu Wightman
Oklahoma Mrs. Minnie Syp.
The family name spelling
was later changed to "Sype"
1904 General Conference Mrs. H.H. Haskell Mrs. E.G. White
Arizona Mrs. J.E. Bond
Iowa Mrs. G.R. Hawkins
(Mich.) Superior Mission Mrs. E.R. Williams
New York Mrs. Lulu Wightman
Oklahoma Minnie Syp
South Dakota Bertha E. Jorgensen
Finland Mission Alma Bjdigg
1905 General Conference Mrs. H.H. Haskell Mrs. E.G. White
Lake Union Mrs. E.R. Williams
Arizona Mrs. J.E. Bond
Iowa Mrs. G.R. Hawkins
New York Mrs. Lulu Wightman
Oklahoma Mrs. Minnie Syp
South Dakota Bertha E. Jorgensen
Finland Alma Bjdigg
1906 General Conference Mrs. H.H. Haskell Mrs. E.G. White
Lake Union Mrs. E.R. Williams
Arizona Mrs. J.E. Bond
New York Mrs. Lulu Wightman
Oklahoma Mrs. Minnie Syp
Wyoming Mrs. G.R. Hawkins
1907 General Conference Mrs. H.H. Haskell Mrs. E.G. White
Iowa Mrs. Minnie Syp
Mrs. Emma Hawkins
New York Mrs. Lulu Wightman
1908 General Conference Mrs. H.H. Haskell Mrs. E.G. White
California Mrs. J.S. [Lulu] Wightman
Iowa Mrs. G.R. Hawkins
Mrs. Minnie Syp
North Dakota Mrs. Bertha Jorgensen
1909 General Conference Mrs. H.H. Haskell Mrs. E.G. White
Central Union Mrs. Lulu Wightman
Iowa Mrs. G.R. Hawkins
Mrs. Minnie Syp
North Dakota Mrs. Bertha Jorgensen
1910 General Conference Mrs. H.H. Haskell Mrs. E.G. White
Central Union Mrs. Lulu Wightman
California Mrs. S.N. Haskell
Iowa Mrs. G.R. Hawkins
Mrs. Minnie Syp
Nebraska Mrs. Ura Spring
Pearl Field
North Dakota Mrs. Bertha Jorgensen
1911 General Conference Mrs. H.H. Haskell Mrs. E.G. White
California Mrs. S.N. Haskell
Iowa Mrs. Emma Hawkins
Mrs. Minnie Sype
North Dakota Mrs. Bertha Jorgensen
Cape Colony Mrs. E.R. Williams
1915 General Conference Mrs. H.H. Haskell
Iowa Mrs. Minnie Sype
1920 Greater New York Emme Wells
Iowa Mrs. Minnie Sype
Missouri Mrs. E.F. Hawkins
North Dakota Mina Panasuk
Northern California Mrs. Ella H. Osborne
1925 Illinois Mrs. E. Flo Hawkins
Northern California Mrs. Ella H. Osborne
Western Washington Mrs. Minnie Sype
East China Union Mission Mrs. B. Miller
1930 Northern California Mrs. Ella H. Osborne
Oregon Pearl Stafford
Carol Bond
Northern Texas Mrs. Beulah Langdon
Mrs. H. Eder
1935 East China Union Mission Mrs. B. Miller
Hopei Mission (China) Lucy Andrus
1940 Southern Union Mrs. M. Sype-Atteberry
1945 Southern Union Mrs. M. Sype-Atteberry
East Pennsylvania Mrs. Jessie Curtis
1950 East Pennsylvania Mrs. Jessie W. Curtis
1955 North Pacific Union Mrs. Minnie Sype Crippin
East Pennsylvania Mrs. Jessie W. Curtis
1960 Central Union Conference Mrs. W.H. Andersen
Pacific Union Mary E. Walsh
Georgia-Cumberland Mrs. Marye Burdick
Mrs. Lucia H. Lee
Kentucky-Tennessee Mrs. Freda Ford
Mrs. Emma Phillips
Mrs. J.W. Wilhelm
Potomac Mrs. Edna J. Cardey
Mary Saxton
1965 Central Union Mrs. W.H. Anderson
Pacific Union Mary E. Walsh
Potomac Mrs. Edna J. Cardey
Mrs. Lois Mays
Mrs. Julia Ross
1970 Columbia Union Mrs. Edna J. Cardey
Mrs. Jessie Curtis
Kentucky-Tennessee Mrs. Harry Weckham
Mrs. Phil Neal
Potomac Mrs. Lois Mays
1975* Central Union Mrs. W.H. Anderson
Pacific Union Mary E. Walsh
Potomac Mrs. Josephine Benton
*There is currently no listing of women ministers in the "Yearbooks" that allows them to be distinguished from people in numerous other occupations, except for the few who are still licensed. Therefore this list has not been updated since 1975.

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