Sarah Gorham, born on December 5, 1832, became the first woman appointed by the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church as a missionary to a foreign country. In 1888, she was sent to Sierra Leone, West Africa, where she worked to establish the Sarah Gorham Mission School in Monrovia, Liberia.
Her appointment marked a groundbreaking moment, not only for the AME Church but for Black women in religious and missionary work globally. She paved the way for generations of women in ministry and missions.
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