Blanche Pentecost Bagley

Blanche Pentecost Bagley (January 19, 1858 – August 14, 1928) was a British-born American Unitarian minister. She and her husband were ordained and installed together as joint pastors in a pulpit in South Dakota in 1889, the ceremony being the first of that kind in history. Bagley sang, played the piano, painted, and was interested in temperance, equal suffrage, and other public movements.

Early life and education Alice Isabel Blanche Pentecost was born in Torquay, England, January 19, 1858. the ceremony being the first of that kind in history. It was a returning to the New Testament custom of sending the disciples out two by two. In August 1894, the first number of the Angelus, a four-page monthly paper published in the interests of the Wollaston Unitarian society was issued with seven joint editors, including Mr. and Mrs. Bagley.

She was also local superintendent of the department of scientific temperance instruction in connection with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.). In 1906, she was living in Dijon, France, and in 1920, she was living in Toronto, Canada.

Personal life The couple had two children,