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Elizabeth Caroline Dowdell (née Thomas; 1829-1909) was an American leader of women's patriotic and religious organizations. She was the first woman to preside over a deliberative body of women in the State of Alabama. She was also the first woman in the U.S. who suggested the organization of the missionary society in connection with the church, and by her efforts, put into operation the Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (WMS of the MEC,S).[1] Dowdell served as Secretary of the national United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC).[2]
- ^ "What an Alabama Woman Did. Sketch of Mrs. Dowdell". Confederate Veteran. 18 (7). Nashville, Tenn.: S.A. Cunningham: 320. July 1910. Retrieved 16 November 2024 – via Internet Archive.
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- ^ "Life Ends for Mrs. Dowdell". The Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. 17 August 1909. p. 1. Retrieved 16 November 2024 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
