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- Lucy Ann Henry Coles (born 1865) was an American missionary who travelled to Liberia with her husband . She was one of the first black women missionaries in Africa. She also served as president of the Baptist Foreign Mission Convention after her husband's death. Elizabeth Coles Bouey was her daughter. She was from Tennessee. She moved to Richmond at 10 and studied in public schools and then Hartshorn Memorial College for a short time until she married Rev. Coles. In 1898, Z.D. Lewis delivered what Coles described as a fiery speech opposing her attempt to collect funds for mission building in Liberia. Lewis was serving as moderator of the Richmond Minister's Conference. In Liberia, she helped her husband with his work at the and was a teacher. (en)
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- Virginia Union University (en)
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- One of the first black women missionaries in Africa (en)
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- Lucy Ann Henry Coles (born 1865) was an American missionary who travelled to Liberia with her husband . She was one of the first black women missionaries in Africa. She also served as president of the Baptist Foreign Mission Convention after her husband's death. Elizabeth Coles Bouey was her daughter. She was from Tennessee. She moved to Richmond at 10 and studied in public schools and then Hartshorn Memorial College for a short time until she married Rev. Coles. In Liberia, she helped her husband with his work at the and was a teacher. (en)
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