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Ida Mae Myller | |
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 Ida Mae Myller, from a 1929 newspaper | |
| Born | November 1879 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | after 1949 |
| Other name | Ida Miller |
| Occupations | Evangelist, chaplain |
Ida Mae Myller (November 1879 – after 1949) was an American evangelist and chaplain in the African Methodist Episcopal denomination.
Early life and education
[edit]Myller was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the daughter of Lafayette Myller and Mary T. Myller. Her parents were born in Kentucky. She was one of the first women to earn a bachelor of divinity degree[1] from Payne Theological Seminary at Wilberforce University.[2][3] She received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Wilberforce in 1925.[4][5]
Career
[edit]Myller was "an eloquent speaker and a gifted singer".[6] She was a soloist at the Indiana Baptist Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Convention in 1911.[7] She worked and preached in African Methodist Episcopal (AME) churches in Ohio,[8] Montana,[9] Alabama,[10] and California[11] in the 1910s and 1920s. She was chaplain of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) for five years,[12][13] and a member of Delta Sigma Theta.[14] She initiated the charter members of the Kappa chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority in September 1922, making Kappa the second National Pan-Hellenic Council sorority chartered in California, after Alpha Kappa Alpha's Rho chapter.[15]
Myller conducted a two-month revival in Memphis in 1932.[12][16] She was a soloist at the first National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses, held in Chicago in 1933.[17] In 1934 Myller was assistant pastor at Metropolitan Community Church in Chicago,[18] and she was one of two women on the executive council of Reverdy C. Ransom's Fraternal Council of Negro Churches, at its founding that year.[19] She became a pastor at the People's Independent Church in 1936.[20] She held a ten-day revival in Windsor, Ontario, in 1939.[4]
Myller continued her touring evangelist work into the 1940s. She spoke at church events in Madison, Wisconsin,[3] and Southern California in 1942,[21][22] in Atlanta in 1943,[23] and in Ann Arbor in 1946.[24] She was an officer of a women's charity club in Chicago in 1949.[25]
References
[edit]- ↑ "First Woman to Get Doctor of Divinity Degree; Miss Ida Mae Myller, of Indianapolis, Wins Degree". New Journal and Guide. 1925-07-04. p. 8. Retrieved 2026-02-20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Annual Woman's Day at Bethel; Dr. Ida Mae Myller of Indianapolis to be Sunday Speaker". The Evening Journal. 1928-03-24. p. 5. Retrieved 2026-02-20 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Woman Evangelist, Dr. Ida Myller, Will Talk Here". Wisconsin State Journal. 1942-11-05. p. 7. Retrieved 2026-02-20 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Dr. Ida Myller Holds Revival; Well-Known Evangelist Featured in 10-Day Program". The Windsor Star. 1939-05-20. p. 20. Retrieved 2026-02-20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Know Something About Club Life". The Chicago Defender. 1929-03-09. p. 5. Retrieved 2026-02-21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Revival Service St. Paul Church is Well Attended; Dr. Ida Myller Will Conduct Three Services Today". Sunday Times Signal. 1926-02-14. p. 8. Retrieved 2026-02-20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Baptist Missionary Convention". Indianapolis Recorder. June 17, 1911. p. 1.
- ↑ "A. M. E. Services a Big Success; Miss Ida Myller Talks". The Democratic Banner. 1918-01-29. p. 7. Retrieved 2026-02-20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Hilliard, J. H. (1918-07-27). "Helena, Mont". The Kansas City Sun. p. 2. Retrieved 2026-02-20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Brown, Carrie A. (1926-04-03). "Mobile, Ala., News". The Birmingham Reporter. p. 1. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
- ↑ "First A.M.E. Church". The Pasadena Post. 1920-07-31. p. 13. Retrieved 2026-02-20 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 Weaver, Elton H. III (2020-11-17). Bishop Charles H. Mason in the Age of Jim Crow: The Struggle for Religious and Moral Uplift. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. pp. 154–156. ISBN 978-1-9787-9078-0.
- ↑ "National Association of Women Hold Biennial Meet". The Chicago Defender. 1930-07-26. p. 6. Retrieved 2026-02-20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Chaplain". The Chicago Defender. 1929-03-02. p. 19. Retrieved 2026-02-20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2026-01-23. Retrieved 2026-04-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Becton Joins Gospel Feast New Prospect". Atlanta Daily World. 1932-02-24. p. 8. Retrieved 2026-02-20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Marovich, Bob (2008-08-07). "Singers pay tribute at gospel music's birthplace". Journal of Gospel Music. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
- ↑ "Gospel Choir is Tended a Party Sunday". The Chicago Defender. 1934-07-07. p. 17. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
- ↑ Smith, Jessie Carney (2014-01-01). The Handy African American History Answer Book. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 978-1-57859-488-7.
- ↑ "In New Work". The Chicago Defender. 1936-12-19. p. 26. Retrieved 2026-02-20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Chicago Evangelist Guest of San Diego Prelate, Wife". California Eagle. 1942-03-05. p. 9. Retrieved 2026-02-21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Famous Evangelist Closes San Diego Revival Services". California Eagle. 1942-03-19. p. 12. Retrieved 2026-02-21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Cosmopolitan AME Church". Atlanta Daily World. 1943-03-21. p. 2. Retrieved 2026-02-21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Bethel Church Plans Lenten Talk Series". The Ann Arbor News. 1946-03-22. p. 7. Retrieved 2026-02-21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Charity Club Installs New Officers". The Chicago Defender. 1949-07-09. p. 19. Retrieved 2026-02-21 – via Newspapers.com.