Rev. Eugenia St. John Mann | |
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| Born | Eugenia Florence Shultz June 4, 1847 Elgin, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | February 29, 1932 Long Beach, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Salina, Kansas, U.S. |
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| Denomination | Methodist Protestant Church |
| Known for | First woman who ever sat as delegate in the General Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church in the U.S. |
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| Ordination | 1887 |
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Eugenia St. John Mann (1847–1932; née Shultz; after first marriage, St. John; after second marriage, Mann) was an American ordained minister,[1] evangelist, temperance lecturer, and suffragist. She served as national evangelist of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), President of the Illinois WCTU, and national lecturer of the International Organisation of Good Templars (IOGT). St. John became ordained a minister in the Kansas Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church, and in 1892, was elected to the General Conference, being the first woman who ever sat as delegate in the General Conference of that denomination in the U.S.[2][3] Mann held pastorates in ten churches, retiring from active work in 1920. She was known as a gifted orator who also composed her own songs for her evangelistic work. Mann also served as President of the Kansas Equal Suffrage Association, 1885–95.[4]
- ^ Yrigoyen, Charles Jr; Warrick, Susan E. (7 November 2013). "ST. JOHN, EUGENIA, by Susan E. Warrick". Historical Dictionary of Methodism. Scarecrow Press. p. 343. ISBN 978-0-8108-7894-5. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ Cherrington, Ernest Hurst (1928). "MANN, EUGENIA FLORENCI (SHULTZ) ST. JOHN". Standard encyclopedia of the alcohol problem. Vol IV. Kansas-Newton. Vol. 4. Westerville, Ohio: American Issue Publishing Co. pp. 1684–85. Retrieved 19 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
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- ^ Matthews, Rex Dale (2007). Timetables of History for Students of Methodism. Abingdon Press. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-687-33387-5. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Long Beach Women in Historic Campaign". Press-Telegram. 24 December 1922. p. 51. Retrieved 19 January 2024 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
