Mary Fletcher (preacher)
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Mary Fletcher (preacher)
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Mary Bosanquet Fletcher was an English preacher credited with persuading John Wesley, a founder of Methodism, to allow women to preach in public. She was born into an affluent family, but after converting to Methodism, rejected its luxurious life. She was involved in charity work throughout her life, operating a school and orphanage until her marriage to John Fletcher. She and a friend, Sarah Crosby, began preaching and leading meetings at her orphanage and became the most popular female preache
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Early Methodist preacher, 1739–1815
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Fletcher_(preacher)
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2024-04-14T20:49:07Z
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