Mann, Rowena Morse, 1870-1958.

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Unitarian minister and lecturer, Mann received a B.S. from the University of Iowa in 1891, studied at the University of Chicago Divinity School, 1898-1900, and the University of Berlin, 1900-1903, and in 1904 was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. from the University of Jena. She had parishes in Illinois and Iowa, was director of the West Unitarian Conference, 1912-1916, lectured in favor of the Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations, and Democratic Party candidates, and against Nazism and German militarism, and was considered for a diplomatic post in 1933. In 1912 she married Newton Mann, also a Unitarian minister.

From the description of Papers, 1878-1958 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006726

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associatedWith Dewson, Molly, 1874-1962. person
associatedWith Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955. person
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associatedWith Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962. person
associatedWith Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. person
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Germany
Soviet Union
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Fascism
Peace
Politics, Practical
Unitarianism
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Clergy
Lecturers
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Birth 1870

Death 1958

English,

German

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