Woman Witness Quiz
1. In _______ the first woman graduated from a seminary.
2. _______ was the first woman elected moderator of the General Assembly of the PCUS.
3. _______ was the first woman of color elected moderator of the General Assembly of the UPCUSA.
4. The first woman ordained as an elder in the PCUSA was _______ (1930).
5. The first woman ordained as an elder of the PCUS was _______.
6. ______ was the first Hispanic woman ordained as clergy by the UPCUSA (1959).
7. The first woman ordained as clergy in the PCUSA was ______ (1956).
8. _______ was the first woman elected moderator of the General Assembly of the UPCUSA (1971).
9. _______ was the first African-American woman ordained as clergy (1974).
10. _______ was the first clergywoman elected moderator of the General Assembly of the PC(USA) (1989).
11. The first Native American woman ordained as clergy was _______ (1987).
12. _______, a Presbyterian laywoman, was the first woman to hold the position of General Secretary of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA (from 1974-1984).
13. The first Asian woman ordained as clergy was _______ in 1944 outside the USA; later transferred.
14. _______ was the first woman ordained as clergy in the PCUS (1965).
Answer Key: 1. 1850; 2. Sara Bernice Moseley; 3. Thelma Adair; 4. Sarah E. Dickson; 5. Clara D. Williams; 6. Miriam Ophelia Ortega; 7. Margaret Towner; 8. Lois Stair; 9. Katie Cannon; 10. Joan Salmon-Campbell; 11. Holly Haile Smith; 12. Claire Randal; 13. Elizabeth Kwon; 14. Rachel Henderlite