children parents spouse article_title name
edith montgomery simson adoniram judson barrett and emily barrows barrett william a. montgomery helen barrett montgomery
 helen barrett montgomery
helen barrett montgomery

helen barrett montgomery -lrb- july 31 , 1861 -- october 19 , 1934 -rrb- was an american social reformer , educator and writer .
in 1921 she was elected as the first woman president of the northern baptist convention -lrb- and of any religious denomination in the united states -rrb- .
she had long been a delegate to the convention and a policymaker .
in 1893 she helped found a chapter of the women 's educational and industrial union in rochester , new york , and served as president until 1911 , nearly two decades .
in 1899 montgomery was the first woman elected to the rochester school board and any public office in the city , 20 years before women could vote .
montgomery was an activist for women 's and overseas missions and a successful fundraiser ; in 1910-1911 she raised one million dollars by her national speaking tour -lrb- the funds raised were equivalent to $ 23.7 million in 2010 -rrb- , used chiefly to support colleges for women in china .
in 1921 as president of the women 's american baptist foreign missionary society , she gave their `` jubilee '' contributions of more than $ 450,000 to the national baptist convention .
in 1924 she was the first woman to publish a translation of the `` new testament '' from the original greek .
living mostly in rochester , new york , she was influential in national and international progressive movements .
since 1995 , colgate rochester crozer divinity school has held an annual conference on women in church and society , named in honor of helen barrett montgomery .
in addition , the school is establishing an endowed fund in her name for its program for the study of women and gender in church and society .
