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Title: Rachel Henderlite ordination newspaper clippings.
Description: Photocopies of newspaper clippings relating to the ordination of Rachel Henderlite. (Greensboro Daily News, May 14, 1965; Gastonia Gazette, may 17, 1965; Presbyterian News, June 1965; Texas Presbyterians, vol. 5, no. 7, July 1965)
Date Created: 1965, May-June 1966, May-June 1966
Name Subject(s): Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Women clergy--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Richmond (Va.), North and Central America--United States--Virginia--Richmond
Physical Location: RG 504, Box 8, Folder 2; Presbyterian Historical Society
Related Item: Rachel Henderlite Papers, 1851-1993.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-504
Identifier (local): rg504_b8_f2_04
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:140033

Title: Rachel Henderlite Papers
Description: Rachel Henderlite was a teacher, writer, ordained minister, and activist. In 1965, Henderlite was ordained by Hanover Presbytery as the first woman minister of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. The collection includes photographs, audio and video recordings, a scrapbook, correspondence, lecture and sermon notes, speeches and writings, and publications. View the collection guide to learn more.
Featured image: Bishop Frederick D. Jordan congratulates Dr. Rachel Henderlite.
Creator Name(s): Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991. (creator)
Name Subject(s): Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Women clergy--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 504; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Rachel Henderlite Papers, 1851-1993.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-504
Identifier (local): rg504
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:rg504

Title: Rachel Henderlite Ordination scrapbook, 1964-1965.
Description: Scrapbook containing material related to Rachel Henderlite's Ordination to the Gospel Ministry in 1965 by Hanover Presbytery. Includes newspaper clippings; correspondence among friends and colleagues; Hanover Presbytery meeting programs; Rachel' personal notes for study; church programs from both First Presbyterian Church in Gastonia, North Carolina, and from All Souls Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia; her 1965 ordination program; and miscellaneous celebratory greeting cards.
Date Created: 1964, 1964-1965, 1964-1965
Name Subject(s): Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Women clergy--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., , Richmond (Va.), Gastonia (N.C.), New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--Virginia--Richmond, North and Central America--United States--Gaston--North Carolina--Gastonia, North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RG 504, Box 8, Folder 1; Presbyterian Historical Society
Related Item: Rachel Henderlite Papers, 1851-1993.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-504
Identifier (local): rg504_b8_f1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:139479

Title: Rachel Henderlite assorted materials related to her ordination to the ministry.
Description: Miscellaneous materials related to Rachel Henderlite's ordination to the ministry in 1965. Includes correspondence with her friends and colleagues and newspaper clippings.
Date Created: 1963, 1963-1966; 1975-1976, 1963-1966; 1975-1976
Name Subject(s): Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives., Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991.
Topical Subject(s): Women clergy--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., , Richmond (Va.), Austin (Tex.), North and Central America--United States--Virginia--Richmond, North and Central America--United States--Travis--Texas--Travis
Physical Location: RG 504, Box 8, Folder 3; Presbyterian Historical Society
Related Item: Rachel Henderlite Papers, 1851-1993.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-504
Identifier (local): rg504_b8_f3_03
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:139948

Title: First Woman Minister, Margaret Ellen Towner, 1956.
Description: Newspaper clipping of article, "First Woman Minister: Syracusan Sets Precedent in Presbyterian Church, October 24, 1956, by Roslyn Brownstein. With portrait of Margaret Ellen Towner in ordination robe.
Creator Name(s): Brownstein, Roslyn. (author)
Date Created: 1956, October 24, 1956, October 24, 1956
Name Subject(s): Towner, Margaret Ellen, 1925-
Topical Subject(s): Women in the Presbyterian Church--New York (State)--Syracuse., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church., Women clergy--New York (State)--Syracuse.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), Syracuse., Syracuse (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Syracuse--Onondaga, New York (State), Syracuse.
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 89-0608; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Margaret Ellen Towner papers, 1954-1989.
Identifier (local): ds5658
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:90819

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