Eugenia St. John Mann

Eugenia St. John Mann (1847–1932; Shultz; after first marriage, St. John; after second marriage, Mann) was an American ordained minister, evangelist, temperance lecturer, and suffragist. She served as national evangelist of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), President of the Illinois WCTU, and national lecturer of the International Organisation of Good Templars (IOGT). St. John became ordained a minister in the Kansas Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church, and in 1892, was elected to the General Conference, being the first woman who ever sat as delegate in the General Conference of that denomination in the U.S. Mann held pastorates in ten churches, retiring from active work in 1920. She was known as a gifted orator who also composed her own songs for her evangelistic work. Mann also served as President of the Kansas Equal Suffrage Association, 1885–95.

Early life and education Eugenia (nickname, "Jennie") Florence (or Florenci) Shultz (also spelled "Shults") was born in Elgin, Illinois, June 4, 1847. She was of German and Scotch-Irish descent. Norman L. Shultz (1822–1888) and Nancy Daralin (Rice) Shultz. Eugenia's siblings were Charlotte, Adin, and Alice. where they affiliated with the temperance organizations in that State. She was made Colorado State lecturer for the WCTU and for the IOGT. In 1883, she was elected delegate to the Right Worthy Grand Lodge (RWGL) of the World, held at Washington, D.C. At this time, she entered the national work of the IOGT, under the Eastern Lecture Bureau, speaking for 39 summer assemblies, including those of Canada, New York, and Pennsylvania; and she returned to these encampments five years in succession.

Eugenia St. John Mann died in Long Beach, California, February 29, 1932;