Ellen G. White’s View of the Role of Women in the SDA Church
Appendix D
Women Licensed as Ministers, 1878—1975
Editors’ note: Following is a partial list of women “licensed to preach” by the Seventh-day Adventist Church from 1878-1975. This list, compiled from the Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook, indicates the date each candidate first received ministerial license and the conference or other organization issuing the license. Beginning in 1915, listings were made only for every fifth year. Special thanks to Josephine Benton, who is writing a history of Adventist women ministers, for her aid in preparing this chart. EGWVRWSDA 18.1
| 1878 | 1902 | ||
| Anna Fulton | Minnesota | Mrs. S. N. Haskell | Greater New York |
| Ellen S. Lane | Michigan | Minnie Syp 2 | Oklahoma |
| Julia Owen | Kentucky-Tennessee | ||
| 1904 | |||
| 1879 | Alma Bjugg* | Finland Mission | |
| Libbie Collins | Minnesota | Mrs. J. E. Bond | Arizona |
| Hattie Enoch | Kansas | Bertha E. Jorgensen | South Dakota |
| Libbie Fulton | Minnesota | ||
| Lizzie Post | Minnesota | 1910 | |
| Pearl Field | Nebraska | ||
| 1880 | Mrs. Ura Spring | Nebraska | |
| Anna Johnson | Minnesota | ||
| 1920 | |||
| 1881 | Ella H. Osborne | Northern California | |
| Ida W. Ballenger | Illinois | Emma Wells | Greater New York |
| Helen L. Morse | Illinois | ||
| 1925 | |||
| 1884 | Mrs. E. Flo Hawkins | Illinois | |
| Ruie Hill | Kansas | Mrs. B. Miller | East China Union Missio |
| 1886 | 1930 | ||
| Ida W. Hibben | Illinois | Mrs. E. Eder | Northern Texas |
| Mrs Beulah Langdon | Northern Texas | ||
| 1887 | Pearl Stafford | Oregon | |
| Mrs. S. E. Pierce | Vermont | ||
| 1935 | |||
| 1893 | Lucy Andrus | Hopei Mission (China) | |
| Flora Plummer | Lowa | ||
| 1945 | |||
| 1894 | Jessie Curtis | East Pennsylvania | |
| Margaret Caro | New Zealand | ||
| 1960 | |||
| 1895 | Mrs. W. H. Anderson | Central Union Conference | |
| Mrs. S. A. Lindsay | New York | Marye Burdick | Georgia-Cumberland |
| Edna J. Cardey | Potomac | ||
| 1898 | Freda Ford | Kentucky-Tennessee | |
| Sarepta Irish Henry | General Conference | Lucia H. Lee | Georgia-Cumberland |
| Lulu Wightman | New York | Emma Phillips | Kentucky-Tennessee |
| Mary Saxton | Potomac | ||
| 1899 | Mary E. Walsh | Pacific Union | |
| Edith Bartlett | British Conference | Mrs. J. W. Wilhelm | Kentucky-Tennessee |
| 1900 | 1965 | ||
| Hetty Haskell | General Conference | Lois Mays | Potomac |
| Mina Robinson | British Conference | Julia Ross | Potomac |
| 1901 | 1970 | ||
| Carrie V. Hansen | Utah | Mrs. Phil Neal | Kentucky-Tennessee |
| Emma Hawkins | Iowa | Mrs. Harry Wickham | Kentucky-Tennessee |
| Mrs. E. R. Williams | Michigan | ||
| 1975 | |||
| Josephine Benton | Potomac |
[Source: Spectrum, August, 1985 (Vol. 16, No. 3), p. 601]
Article “Words to Lay Members” published in The Review and Herald, August 26, 1902, pp. 7, 8, by EGW: