1898 General Conference committee issues ministerial license to Mrs. S.M.I. Henry. In Sydney, Australia, W. C. White participates in an ordination service that includes deaconesses. Johns Hopkins University. She teaches at SDA Theological Seminary. 1972 First ordination of woman as local elder Josephine Benton, in Washington, D.C., by W. B. Quigley, conference president, and Cree Sandefur, union president.
Women join pastoral staffs.
In Takoma Park, Maryland, Kit Watts as minister of publications and Josephine Benton as associate minister. In Loma Linda, Margaret Hempe as minister. 1973 Margarete Prange's success as a pastor in Germany prompts calls to ordain her as an elder. The Camp Mohaven conference convenes to discuss 29 papers on the role of women in the church. Women may become assistant pastors but with missionary licenses, not ministerial licenses or certificates.