Montgomery, Helen Barrett (1861-1934)

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Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, August 5, 1904

Anna R. B. Lindsay to Jane Addams, January 10, 1913

Committee on American and Japanese Relations Invitation List, April 8, 1921

Jane Addams, et. al. to Calvin Coolidge, ca. January 15, 1926

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Birth Date

1861-06-31

Death Date

1934-10-19

Birthplace

Kingsville, Ohio

Biographical Text

Helen Barrett Montgomery was the first female president of the Northern Baptist Convention and the first female to be elected to the Rochester School Board. She was a founder and one of the presidents of the Women’s Educational and the Industrial Union. She also worked as an activist for women's and overseas missions. Montgomery was president of the Women's American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society.

Montgomery married William A. Montgomery in 1887. They adopted a daughter named Edith. Montgomery died in 1934.

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Educator

Social reform activist

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Sciancalepore, Victoria

Lichon, Sara Catherine

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Public domain

Gender

Female

First appears

1904

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“Montgomery, Helen Barrett (1861-1934),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed July 27, 2024, https://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/1830.