Antoinette Brown Blackwell
Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell (born May 20, 1825 in Henrietta , New York ; † November 5, 1921 in Elizabeth , New Jersey ) was the first modern ordained pastor and a committed American suffragette , abolitionist and temperance activist .
Life
The young Antoinette Brown first worked as a teacher, but wanted to become a pastor. She enrolled in the "Young Ladies Course" at Oberlin College , Ohio , where women were allowed to attend the courses - but not interrupt them with questions. Together with Lucy Stone , she fought for the lifting of this restriction. She successfully completed her theology studies in 1850, but - since she was a woman - did not receive the corresponding formal educational title. In the same year she gave her first speech at a national congress of suffragettes .
In 1853, Antoinette Brown was called to the small congregational church of Butler and Savannah, Wayne County, New York , and ordained as a pastor. However, she only held this office for one year. In 1856 she married Samuel Blackwell, her friend Lucy Stone, his brother Henry. Antoinette and her husband Samuel were married on the "model of equality". Despite having five daughters together, Antoinette Brown Blackwell went on lecture tours across the country. In doing so, she repeatedly emphasized that it is not enough for women to conquer the world of work for themselves - men have to take part in the household and in raising children at the same time.
In 1870 Antoinette Brown Blackwell converted to the Unitarian Church and built her own congregation in Elizabeth. In addition to her preaching activities, she traveled to Europe, Central America and Alaska and published philosophical writings until 1915. As the last survivor of her generation of women's rights activists, she exercised her newly won right to vote in the first presidential elections in 1920 , in which women were allowed to vote.
literature
- Elizabeth Cazden: Antoinette Brown Blackwell. Feminist Press, 1983, ISBN 0-935312-04-8
- Lucy Stone et al. a .: Friends & Sisters: Letters Between Lucy Stone & Antoinette Brown Blackwell, 1846–93. University of Illinois Press, 1987, ISBN 0-252-01396-4
- Michael Blume: Antoinette Brown Blackwell. The first evolutionary researcher. Sciebooks, 2013, ISBN 9783955164256
Web links
- Antoinette Brown Blackwell. In: FemBio. Women's biography research (with references and citations).
- Antoinette Brown Blackwell - A feminine answer to Charles Darwin . Short biography of Michael Blume in SciLogs.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blackwell, Antoinette Brown |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blackwell, Antoinette Louisa Brown (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American suffragette, first ordained pastor in modern times |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Henrietta , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 5, 1921 |
| Place of death | Elizabeth , New Jersey |