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Ella Pearson Mitchell
1917–2008
United States
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Biography
Ella Pearson Mitchell (1917 - 2008) was a Baptist minister, preacher, educator, and author. She was one of the first African-American women to graduate from Union Theological Seminary, and was later ordained to the Christian ministry in 1978. She was the first woman to be appointed Dean of Sisters Chapel at Spelman College in Atlanta.
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