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How is Olympia Brown the first "fully ordained" female minister when Antoinette Brown beat her by a handful of years? Antoinette Brown (later Mrs. Antoinette Brown Blackwell) completed a seminary course of studies at Oberlin and was later ordained in 1851. Does "fully ordained" in relation to Olympia Brown somehow mean more than 'ordained', which was what Antoinette Brown was? Binksternet (talk) 01:44, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Women have in the past been ordained as deaconesses, so fully ordained here refers to being ordained as clergy. She was also the first woman to be ordained with the consent of her denomination. Antionette Brown Blackwell was ordained by the South Butler, NY, congregation and according to Congregational polity (rules) that made her an ordained minister, just as Olympia Brown would be later. But the local Congregational Association did not approve her ordination, so she lacked denominational support. PMCH2 (talk) 02:30, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
There are (at my last count) seven sources listed for this article, but the citations appear primarily in the last section. This article provides great info, but it should be sourced more regularly throughout.ScoutHarris (talk) 03:26, 11 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
