Marjorie Swank Matthews (July 11, 1916 – June 30, 1986) was an American bishop of the United Methodist Church and the first woman to serve as a Methodist...

Look up Marjorie in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Marjorie is a female given name derived from Margaret, which means pearl. It can also be spelled...

Conference. United Methodist bishops may be male or female, with Marjorie Matthews being the first woman to be consecrated a bishop in 1980. The collegial...

lead vocalist role. [citation needed] According to writers Marjorie Galen and Gordon Matthews, Can't Buy a Thrill features an upbeat soft rock style. Music...

first woman elected bishop of any mainline Christian church) was Marjorie Matthews in 1980. Leontine T. Kelly, in 1984, was the first African-American...

original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2015. Galen, Marjorie; Matthews, Gordon (September 1, 2007). Legends of Rock. Ashland, Ohio: Dalmatian...

the 50 (30%) United Methodist bishops serving the U.S. are women. Marjorie Matthews, elected bishop in the United Methodist Church in 1980. She was the...

1935: Regina Jonas first woman to be ordained as a rabbi. 1980: Marjorie Matthews, first woman to become a bishop of the United Methodist Church. 1989:...

Seybert, Matthew Simpson, John S. Stamm, William Ragsdale Cannon, Marjorie Matthews (the first female Methodist bishop), Leontine T. Kelly, Vashti Murphy...

fully-ordained ministers. The UMC elected its first woman bishop, Marjorie Matthews, in 1980. The first African American woman bishop, Leontine T. C....