Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1912 — bar Women from pulpits [ARTICLE]

bar Women from pulpits

Presbyterian General Conference Opposed to Fair Sex Even as Candidates for Ministry. Louisville, Ky., May 24.—Women will not be allowed as ministers* to fill the pulpits of the Presbyterian church In the United States of America. The commissioners of the general assembly sb decided by vote. In fact, they put themselves on record as being opposed even ts the consideration of women as candidates for the ministry. Appreciation of the work of women for the church Was expressed in the resolution adopted.