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8 Brothers and sisters, God wants me. –Hetty Hurd Haskell, 1884 Other Women Ministers from the Past Short Sketches The individuals presented in the first seven chapters by no means exhaust the list of women ministers in the history of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. In this chapter several additional examples are treated briefly. This chapter is arranged alphabetically rather than chronologically. To provide some perspective as to time, note that among the first women ministers to be licensed were Sarah Lindsey (1872), Ellen Lane (1878), and Julia Owen (1878). In 1878 the General Conference adopted a resolution to issue a ministerial license to those competent and sound in doctrine; however, two of these women had received their licenses even sooner, from local conferences. (From Bert Haloviak, “Route to the Ordination of Women in the Seventh-day Adventist Church: Two Paths,” unpublished paper, March 18, 1985.) They were at the forefront. Still other women ministers who have enriched the past of their church appear in this book only by mention of their names in appendix B. There is ample room for further research. Hetty Hurd (Mrs. S. N.) Haskell: 1857 to 1919 Licensed minister 1901 to 1919 The life sketch of Mrs. S. N. Haskell, written by Elder J. N. Loughborough at the time of her death, occupies nearly three columns in the Review and Herald, (From J. N. Loughborough, “Life Sketch of Mrs. S. N. Haskell,” Review and Herald, November 20, 1919, the source for the material in this chapter, together with information provided by Bert Haloviak at the General Conference Archives.) indicating how highly Mrs. Haskell was esteemed by leaders of the denomination. For a number of years both she and Ellen White were listed in the Yearbook as ministers credentialed by the General Conference, Ellen White as ordained (See discussion of ordination in chapter 7 and appendix A, 7.5.) and Mrs. Haskell as licensed. Hetty Hurd Haskell’s labors in the gospel spanned 34 years. Before she became an Adventist, Hetty Hurd was a successful district school teacher in California for the unusually high salary of 75 dollars a month. Evidently a capable and