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Mar 01, 1856 Nashville, Tennessee, United States Died on 21 Sep 1934 (aged 78)
American author and Baptist missionary
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About Virginia E. Walker Broughton
- Virginia E.
- (Walker) Broughton (née Walker, March 1, 1856 – September 21, 1934) was an African-American author and Baptist missionary.
- One of four students in the first class at Fisk College in 1867, she later became a recognized religious scholar, writing articles for the National Baptist Union newspaper and National Baptist Magazine.
- As a prominent member of the Baptist church and National Corresponding Secretary of the National Baptist Convention, she worked to ensure that the issues of African-American religious women were addressed by the governing body of the denomination.
- Broughton was licensed as a missionary and subsequently commissioned to the mission field.
- Her teaching, writing and preaching were popular among women and men alike.
