July 16, 2007
Notes about people
by Jerry Van Marter Presbyterian News Service
The Rev. Letty Mandeville Russell, one of the world’s foremost feminist theologians and longtime member of the Yale Divinity School faculty, died July 12 at her home in Guilford, CT. She was 77.
Russell was one of the first women ordained in the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and served the East Harlem Protestant Parish in New York City from 1952-68, including 10 years as pastor of the Presbyterian Church of the Ascension. She joined the faculty of Yale Divinity School in 1974 and served there until her retirement in 2001. In retirement, she continued to teach some courses at Yale Divinity School as a visiting professor.
Notes about people
by Jerry Van Marter Presbyterian News Service
The Rev. Letty Mandeville Russell, one of the world’s foremost feminist theologians and longtime member of the Yale Divinity School faculty, died July 12 at her home in Guilford, CT. She was 77.
Russell was one of the first women ordained in the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and served the East Harlem Protestant Parish in New York City from 1952-68, including 10 years as pastor of the Presbyterian Church of the Ascension. She joined the faculty of Yale Divinity School in 1974 and served there until her retirement in 2001. In retirement, she continued to teach some courses at Yale Divinity School as a visiting professor.
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