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Jarena Lee (February 11, 1783 – February 3, 1864) was the first woman preacher in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME). Born into a free Black family in New Jersey , Lee asked the founder of the AME church, Richard Allen , to be a preacher.
Why did Richard Allen and Jason Lee bar Jarena Lee from preaching? What eventually changed Richard Allen’s mind? Why were women particularly drawn to the religious fervor of the Second Great Awakening? What does Jarena Lee’s life teach us about the evolution of womanhood during the Federal period?
May 23, 2017 · Jarena Lee. Trailblazing African American Preacher and 'self-made' woman. Eric Washington. One Sunday in 1817, Jarena Lee attended a service at Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME)...
Jan 23, 2023 · Learn about Jarena Lee, who broke the barrier of being the first Black woman to preach and publish her autobiography in America. She was ordained by Bishop Richard Allen, the founder of the A.M.E. Church, after resisting her call for eight years.
Born into a free Black family in Cape May, NJ in 1783 and later moving to Philadelphia, Lee navigated the intense religiosity and social reformation of her time to emerge as the nation’s first African American woman preacher, and the first woman to be recognized as an evangelist in the male-dominated African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church.
Jarena Lee (1783–?) was the first African American woman to write an autobiography and to preach in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Learn about her life, her call to preach, and her publications in this entry from The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature.
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Jan 19, 2007 · Minister Jarena Lee was the first authorized female preacher in the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church. Lee, whose family or maiden name is unknown, was born to a poor but free black family on February 11, 1783, in Cape May, New Jersey.
