1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,000 Speaker 1: This Day in History Class. It's a production of I 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:08,320 Speaker 1: Heart Radio. Hey y'all, I'm Eves and welcome to This 3 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: Day in History Class, a podcast where we bring you 4 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:14,159 Speaker 1: a little slice of history every day. I hope you 5 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:16,759 Speaker 1: all are still faring well. I am faring well. I 6 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: am still in my closet. Everything is going great, and 7 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 1: I am so happy to still be bringing you all episodes. 8 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 1: With that said, on with the show Today is the 9 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 1: Day was thirty one. Abolitionists and religious leader Eliza and 10 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: Gardner was born in New York. Gartner is remembered for 11 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: founding the Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. 12 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:52,839 Speaker 1: Gartner's family likely became involved in the A. M. E. 13 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: Zion Church when they lived in New York, but when 14 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: Eliza was young, the family moved to Boston, where Eliza 15 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 1: was raised in anti slavery circles. In Boston, her father 16 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:06,960 Speaker 1: became a ship contractor. The family lived in the mainly 17 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: black West End neighborhood, and their home was a stop 18 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: on the Underground Railroad, a network of roots and locations 19 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: that enslaved people used to escape to free states in Canada. 20 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 1: Because of this, she was acquainted with anti slavery figures 21 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: like so join her Truth, Harriet Tubman and William Lloyd Garrison. 22 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: Once she left school, she supported herself through dressmaking and 23 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: joined church and abolitionist circles. Gartner became a Sunday school 24 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 1: teacher and she became the Sunday School superintendent for Boston. 25 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: She organized the first Zion Missionary Society in New England 26 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: at her church. The society, which later became known as 27 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 1: the Ladies Home and Foreign Missionary Society, raised money to 28 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 1: send missionaries to Africa. As Black Methodist debated women's role 29 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: in the church and missionary fundraising, Gardner weighed in on 30 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:00,080 Speaker 1: the question. She said the following at the eight for 31 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 1: AAM Zion General Conference. I come from Old Massachusetts, where 32 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: we have declared that all not only men, but women 33 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: too are created free and equal, with certain and alienable 34 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: rights which men are bound to respect. She went on 35 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: to say that women would continue to support the church 36 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: if it's male leaders supported and respected them. She said, quote, 37 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: if you commenced to talk about the superiority of men, 38 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 1: if you persist in telling us that after the fall 39 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 1: of man, we were put under your feet and that 40 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: we are intended to be subject to your will. We 41 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 1: cannot help you in New England one bit. In addition 42 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 1: to her activism and the church, she was also in 43 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 1: secular clubs. She was a founding member of the Woman's 44 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: Era Club of Boston, the first black women's club in 45 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:51,920 Speaker 1: the city. She was associated with temperance organizations, and she 46 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: served as chaplain at the first National Conference of the 47 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 1: Colored Women of America, a conference organized by publisher and 48 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:03,679 Speaker 1: civil rights leader Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin. The National Federation 49 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 1: of Afro American Women, which was organized during the conference, 50 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: merged with other groups to become the National Association of 51 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: Colored Women in in eight. Gartner was featured as an 52 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 1: honored guest at the organization's biennial convention. In nineteen o nine, 53 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: Gardner founded the Butler Club of the Boston ami Zion Church. 54 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: She remained president of the organization for more than a decade, 55 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: and she continued to fundraise for the church's missionary society. 56 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: Gardner died in Boston in two I'm Eve, Jeff Cote, 57 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: and hopefully you know a little more about history today 58 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: than you did yesterday. And if you have any kind 59 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 1: words to send us about any of the episodes or 60 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: any episodes you'd like to see in the future. You 61 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: can hit us up via email at this day at 62 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: iHeartMedia dot com. 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