Encyclopedia Britannica's biography of Olympia Brown, stating that she was ordained by the Northern Universalist Association at Malone, New York on 25 June 1863, becoming the first American woman ordained with the full authority of a national religious denomination behind her.
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A major edited general reference encyclopedia with a named editorial and fact-checking process, not a peer-reviewed academic source but well above an unedited tertiary aggregator. Used here for one settled biographical date, not for interpretation. NotesCited for the 25 June 1863 ordination date and the distinction between Olympia Brown's full-denominational-authority ordination and Antoinette Brown Blackwell's earlier, locally supported 1853 Congregational ordination.
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PublisherEncyclopedia Britannica
URLhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Olympia-Brown
Source Typeencyclopedia
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This source names New York directly: "Universalist Association at Malone, New York on 25 June 1863, becoming the first American woman ordained with the full authority of a national religious denomination behind her."
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