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women, offered a broad curriculum of bible studies, theology, church history, economics, sociology, basic medical training, and—most unusually—courses on the accomplishments of women. This led to attacks from those who believed women did not need this level of education to do
Christian missionary work. She was also attacked for her view that the Bible was not dictated by God but was written by inspired individuals and edited together in various ways.
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Meyer became interested in reviving within
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In 1885, Meyer and her husband opened the
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as the first house mother and superintendent. She even designed a uniform for the new women deacons. In 1888, the
Methodist Episcopal Church formally recognized the office of deaconess. Her achievement in reviving the female diaconate was celebrated in one of her nicknames, the 'Archbishop of
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From 1881 to 1884, Meyer served as field secretary for the
Illinois State Sunday School Association and attended the 1880 World Sunday School Convention in London. Her experience as field secretary convinced her that people wishing to become religious teachers needed better training.
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Chicago Training School to become deacons, with a mission of working in tenement communities. Within the school, she set up the Methodist Deaconess Home and appointed her former student
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Deaconesses'. Meyer's success inspired the formation of similar deaconess-training programs, such as the New
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Meyer began her career in various educational capacities. For a year (1876–77) she was principal of the Troy
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