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Stanley, Kathryn T. (Kathryn Turrentine)

 Person

Biographical Statement

Kathryn Turrentine Stanley was a native of Athens, Alabama, and a graduate of Trinity School in Athens. She studied at Knoxville College in Knoxville, Tennessee, and taught for one year at Glouchester School in Virginia. In 1924, she became the first African American extension worker appointed by the Congregational Sunday School Extension Society. She worked in this position among churches in the South until her marriage in 1927 to J. Taylor Stanley. As a minister's wife, she served with the women and youth in each of her husband’s parishes. For 17 years she directed a church school and religious program at Washington Terrace United Church of Christ of High Point, North Carolina. She was the mother of five children: three sons -- Thomas W., A. Knighton, Joseph T., and two daughters -- Joye and Ollie.

Citation:
Author: Christopher Harter
Citation:
J. Taylor and Kathryn T. Stanley papers

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J. Taylor and Kathryn T. Stanley papers

 Collection
Identifier: 351
Scope and Contents The J. Taylor and Kathryn T. Stanley papers pertain to the development of Black Congregational and Christian churches in the southern United States during the early to mid twentieth century, as well as the roles Rev. and Mrs. Stanley held during that development. Apart from personal papers of the Stanleys, the collection also contains numerous documents generated by churches, conferences, and instrumentalities of the United Church of Christ and its predecessors. The collection...
Dates: Created: 1863-1983; Other: Majority of material found in 1920-1979; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1984
Found in: Amistad Research Center / J. Taylor and Kathryn T. Stanley papers

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