Belle Harris Bennett

Belle Harris Bennett (born Dec. 3, 1852, Whitehall, near Richmond, Ky., U.S.—died July 20, 1922, Richmond) was an American church worker whose energetic efforts on behalf of Christian education and missions culminated in the granting of full lay status to women in the Southern Methodist Church. Bennett was educated privately in Kentucky and Ohio. She became a member of the Southern Methodist Church in 1876 and soon began teaching in a Sunday school. In 1889,...