[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 20, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H2157-H2158]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       ANTOINETTE BROWN BLACKWELL

  (Mr. MORELLE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MORELLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on the 200th anniversary of 
the birth of Antoinette Brown Blackwell, a trailblazer born in my 
district in Henrietta, New York, and the first woman ordained as a 
mainstream Protestant minister in the United States.
  Antoinette dedicated her life to justice, equality and faith. She 
captivated audiences as a lecturer on women's rights and temperance and 
preached wherever she was welcome. In 1850, she proudly stood at the 
first National Women's Rights Convention.
  Committed to voting rights, she lobbied President Theodore Roosevelt 
for suffrage and remained a steadfast advocate for women. At age 95, 
she cast her very first vote, proof her decades of advocacy helped 
transform our Nation.
  She was a minister, a reformer, a writer, and, above all, a woman of

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courage and conviction. We remember Antoinette Brown Blackwell not just 
for what she achieved but for the path she paved for generations to 
follow.
  Let us honor her on her 200th birthday and follow in her footsteps as 
we fight to protect every American's right to vote.

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