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  1. 3. A fourth generation AME, she hails from the Seventh Episcopal District. Serving in many capacities throughout her district and local church she is the youngest serving president in the Seventh Episcopal District, presiding over the Central Conference Lay Organization. Who is this amazing woman? Shakeia _______(7th).
  2. 6. Born in 1832, she was the first woman to be sent out on mission work becoming the first foreign missionary in the A.M.E church. She traveled to Sierra Leone and Liberia, where she established a mission School. Her name is Sarah E.________.
  3. 9. Born into slavery and later freed in 1800 she is affectionately referred to as the “Mother of African Methodism”. An abolitionist and missionary she was a vital part in the founding of the African Methodist Church. Founding the Daughters of the Conference in 1827 she cared for and fed AME ministers including her husband. This resilient woman is Sarah Bass ______(1st).
  4. 10. Born in Halifax County, Virginia in 1926 she was a midwife delivering African American and White babies and called herself a “doctress”. She is a founding member of Macedonia A.M.E Church in Milton, North Carolina, where is also buried. She is Henrietta Phelps______(2nd).
  5. 11. She is an active member throughout the A.M.E church and the Sixth Episcopal District. She is President Emeritus for the Atlanta North Georgia Conference and the Sixth District. She has served as the Connectional Lay Organization’s First Vice President. In February of 2023 she was honored at the Ninth Annual Henry McNeal Turner Gala with the President's Lifetime Achievement Award. She is Gloria T. _________(6th).
  6. 13. She is a native of Little Rock, Arkansas and an active member of the A.M.E. She has worked throughout her district and the connection as the Twelfth District Lay’s YAR, CLO Credentials Chair, and member of the Episcopal Committee. She currently serves as the President of the Twelfth Episcopal District Lay Organization. She is Natalie L.________(12th).
  7. 14. In the year 2000 she was elected the first female president of the First Episcopal District Lay Organization. She went on to serve as the Third Vice President for the Connectional Lay Organization. In recognition of her commitment to higher education for young people the New York Conference Lay Organization has a scholarship named in her honor. She was also instrumental in the creation of the First Episcopal District’s Bishop Frank C. Cumming Scholarship. This fabulous woman is Flora “F” Jane Chandler _______(1st).
  8. 16. She was the first Female president of the 5 th Episcopal District Lay Organization. She was also a teacher in the Kansas City school system for 31 years and a Trustee at herchurch where she continues in that capacity. She served the Connectional Lay Organization as an outstanding second vice president. Who is this pioneering AME Church woman? Doris Jean ________(5th).
  9. 19. She is the fantastic President of the First Episcopal District and is the immediate past president of the Philadelphia Conference Lay. She is on the Board of Trustees at Payne Theological Seminary and serves as the Connectional Lay Organization's Corresponding Secretary. Who is this phenomenal woman Cheryl Hammond-_______(1st).
  10. 20. A native Floridian, she is a lifelong member of the A.M.E church and has served on all levels of the church. An advocate for social action and civic duty she has founded and led major projects throughout Los Angeles. She was elected in 2004 to be the consultant to the General Board and the Director-Consultant of Social Action in 2008. This powerful woman is Jacquelyn _____-______(5th).
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  1. 1. She is the first female president of the Nineteenth Episcopal District. She is Nomthimba _______(19th).
  2. 2. She was born into slavery in 1818 and was free in 1856. She later worked as a midwife, entrepreneur, nurse, and philanthropist. She was also a real estate developer giving the land to build First A.M.E Church in Los Angeles, California where is a founding member. This extraordinary woman is Biddy “Grandma” _______(5th).
  3. 4. Born in Tuskegee, Alabama she is known as the “first lady of Civil Rights” and “the mother of the freedom movement”. She was an activist and played an important role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. She is most known for her refusal to get up from a Montgomery City bus. She is Rosa Louise McCauley_______(4th).
  4. 5. A prominent journalist, author, and political analyst whose career spanned over 30 years, she has interviewed United States Presidents and politicians. She has worked at major television studios and moderated the 2004-2008 Vice-Presidential debates. For her excellent work and dedication to journalism she was posthumously honored in 2020 with a United States commemorative postage stamp. She is Gwen _______(2nd).
  5. 7. This honorable woman has served in many high places in both her secular and church life. She served in the United States Air Force for over 24 years and was ranked a Lieutenant Colonel. She also served as a Judge in the state of California. She has held several offices in the A.M.E church starting at her local church all the way up to the connection. She was President of the Judicial Council, CLO Election Commision Chairperson, and Second Vice President of the Fifth District Lay. She is Justice Patricia ______(5th).
  6. 8. She was elected a CLO assistant Recording Secretary, then elected as Recording Secretary, and served as an advisor to 4 CLO presidents. She also serves on the Nashville, Tennessee. Board of Directors for the “Room In The Inn” homeless shelter. Who is this humble but effective woman? Billie ________(13th).
  7. 12. Proceeding Mr. J.D. Williams, she became the first elected female President of the Connectional Lay Organization in 1985 at the 19th session biennial held in Nashville, Tennessee. She is Dr. Katheryn “K”______(6)
  8. 15. Who was the first President of the Women's Missionary Society in South Africa of the AME church and also started the Bantu Women's League in 1918 which is today known as the African National Congress (the governing/ruling party in South Africa) Women's League? She is Charlotte Mannya-_______(19th).
  9. 17. In her secular life she broke many barriers throughout the National Park service. In 1983, she became the first African American woman to be superintendent of Rock Creek Park and only the third woman superintendent in the National Park Service. She was the former president of her local lay organization in Washington, DC. This outstanding woman is Georgia______(2nd).
  10. 18. An actress, singer, and star of both stage and screen she broke many barriers in the entertainment industry. Performing on some of the most prominent stages, in 1934 she became the first African American woman of the Twentieth Century to perform at the White House for President F.D. Roosevelt. This trailblazer is Etta Moten_______(10th).