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Sarah E. Gorham
1832–1894
United States
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Biography
Sarah E. Gorham (1832–1894) was the first woman to be sent out as a missionary from the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She has been described as a "missionary, church leader, social worker". Gorham was born in either Maryland or Virginia, but her life is not documented until 1880, when she visited family members who had moved to Liberia, presumably via the American Colonization Society.
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