Religion: Congregational First

Few U. S. sects have been more satisfactory to U. S. feminists than the Congregational-Christian Church. They have long ordained women to its ministry and of their 37 conference superintendents, whose jurisdiction is comparable to that of a bishop, one is female, Mrs. David E. Brown of the Middle Atlantic Conference. Though the No. 1 Congregationalist is Statistician Roger Babson, moderator of the Church's General Council, an honorary moderator is Dr. Mary Emma Woolley, retiring president of Mount Holyoke College. Last week female Congregationalists glowed with pride when they heard that one of...

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