Anne McGrew Bennett

Anne McGrew Bennett (November 24, 1903 – October 19, 1986) was an American writer and feminist. She was the first woman invited to give a commencement address at the Union Theological Seminary.

Biography Bennett was born in Lincoln County, Nebraska, to a family of Scotch-Irish homesteaders, in a sod house. She was raised a member of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and religion played a large role in her life. After high school, she became a teacher in a rural school before taking a degree in elementary education from the University of Nebraska in 1928.

Three years later, she married John C. Bennett; in 1923 she received her MA in religious education from Auburn Seminary. others are held by the Union Theological Seminary.