Digitized by the Internet Archive 2013 in http://archive.org/details/episcopalfemalecOOcole EPISCOPAL DIVINITY SCHOOL Thesis/Project EPISCOPAL FEMALE CLERGY LEADERS OF AFRICAN HERITAGE: TRAILBLAZERS AND COLLEAGUES BY KAREN COLEMAN Master ofDivinity, Episcopal Divinity School, 2003 Submitted in partial fulfillment ofthe Requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF MINISTRY 2010 20\D © Copyright by KAREN COLEMAN 2010 — Approved by Supervisor Fredrica Harris Thompsett, M.A., Ph.D. Mary Wolfe Professor Emerita ofHistorical Theology President ofthe Historical Society ofthe Episcopal Church L/i^ I t^s Reader Edward W. Rodman, D.H.L., D.D. Professor ofPastoral Theology and Urban Ministry Cftut*M^LJ&' Reader Charles A.W3 MDiv. Student Episcopal Divinity School To my parents, Dr. Oliver and Dorothy Coleman, for their love and wise guidance. To My Trailblazers: Christine Coleman Betty Johnson LeClair Knox Eunice Lowery Jessie Stewart My loving husband Jamie. IV