“Why should it be thought impossible, heterodox, or improper for a woman to preach seeing the Savior died for the woman as well as the man?" Jarena Lee (1783-1864), the first woman preacher in the African Methodist Episcopal Church”
Quotes by Jarena Lee
Jarena Lee was a pioneering figure in American religious history, recognized as the first woman preacher in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME). Born into a free Black family in New Jersey, s...