Ida Mae Myller

Ida Mae Myller
Ida Mae Myller, from a 1929 newspaper
BornNovember 1879
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Diedafter 1949
Other namesIda Miller
OccupationsEvangelist, chaplain

Ida Mae Myller (November 1879 – after 1949) was an American evangelist and chaplain in the African Methodist Episcopal denomination.

Early life and education

Myller was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the daughter of Lafayette Myller and Mary T. Myller. Her parents were born in Kentucky. She was one of the first women to earn a bachelor of divinity degree[1] from Payne Theological Seminary at Wilberforce University.[2][3] She received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Wilberforce in 1925.[4][5]

Career

Myller was "an eloquent speaker and a gifted singer".[6] She was a soloist at the Indiana Baptist Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Convention in 1911.[7] She worked and preached in African Methodist Episcopal (AME) churches in Ohio,[8] Montana,[9] Alabama,[10] and California[11] in the 1910s and 1920s. She was chaplain of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) for five years,[12][13] and a member of Delta Sigma Theta.[14]

Myller conducted a two-month revival in Memphis in 1932.[12][15] She was a soloist at the first National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses, held in Chicago in 1933.[16] In 1934 Myller was assistant pastor at Metropolitan Community Church in Chicago,[17] and she was one of two women on the executive council of Reverdy C. Ransom's Fraternal Council of Negro Churches, at its founding that year.[18] She became a pastor at the People's Independent Church in 1936.[19] She held a ten-day revival in Windsor, Ontario, in 1939.[4]

Myller continued her touring evangelist work into the 1940s. She spoke at church events in Madison, Wisconsin,[3] and Southern California in 1942,[20][21] in Atlanta in 1943,[22] and in Ann Arbor in 1946.[23] She was an officer of a women's charity club in Chicago in 1949.[24]

References

  1. ^ "First Woman to Get Doctor of Divinity Degree; Miss Ida Mae Myller, of Indianapolis, Wins Degree". New Journal and Guide. 1925-07-04. p. 8. Retrieved 2026-02-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Annual Woman's Day at Bethel; Dr. Ida Mae Myller of Indianapolis to be Sunday Speaker". The Evening Journal. 1928-03-24. p. 5. Retrieved 2026-02-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Woman Evangelist, Dr. Ida Myller, Will Talk Here". Wisconsin State Journal. 1942-11-05. p. 7. Retrieved 2026-02-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b "Dr. Ida Myller Holds Revival; Well-Known Evangelist Featured in 10-Day Program". The Windsor Star. 1939-05-20. p. 20. Retrieved 2026-02-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Know Something About Club Life". The Chicago Defender. 1929-03-09. p. 5. Retrieved 2026-02-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Revival Service St. Paul Church is Well Attended; Dr. Ida Myller Will Conduct Three Services Today". Sunday Times Signal. 1926-02-14. p. 8. Retrieved 2026-02-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Baptist Missionary Convention". Indianapolis Recorder. June 17, 1911. p. 1.
  8. ^ "A. M. E. Services a Big Success; Miss Ida Myller Talks". The Democratic Banner. 1918-01-29. p. 7. Retrieved 2026-02-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Hilliard, J. H. (1918-07-27). "Helena, Mont". The Kansas City Sun. p. 2. Retrieved 2026-02-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Brown, Carrie A. (1926-04-03). "Mobile, Ala., News". The Birmingham Reporter. p. 1. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  11. ^ "First A.M.E. Church". The Pasadena Post. 1920-07-31. p. 13. Retrieved 2026-02-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ a b Weaver, Elton H. III (2020-11-17). Bishop Charles H. Mason in the Age of Jim Crow: The Struggle for Religious and Moral Uplift. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. pp. 154–156. ISBN 978-1-9787-9078-0.
  13. ^ "National Association of Women Hold Biennial Meet". The Chicago Defender. 1930-07-26. p. 6. Retrieved 2026-02-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Chaplain". The Chicago Defender. 1929-03-02. p. 19. Retrieved 2026-02-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Becton Joins Gospel Feast New Prospect". Atlanta Daily World. 1932-02-24. p. 8. Retrieved 2026-02-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ Marovich, Bob (2008-08-07). "Singers pay tribute at gospel music's birthplace". Journal of Gospel Music. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  17. ^ "Gospel Choir is Tended a Party Sunday". The Chicago Defender. 1934-07-07. p. 17. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  18. ^ Smith, Jessie Carney (2014-01-01). The Handy African American History Answer Book. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 978-1-57859-488-7.
  19. ^ "In New Work". The Chicago Defender. 1936-12-19. p. 26. Retrieved 2026-02-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "Chicago Evangelist Guest of San Diego Prelate, Wife". California Eagle. 1942-03-05. p. 9. Retrieved 2026-02-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ "Famous Evangelist Closes San Diego Revival Services". California Eagle. 1942-03-19. p. 12. Retrieved 2026-02-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ "Cosmopolitan AME Church". Atlanta Daily World. 1943-03-21. p. 2. Retrieved 2026-02-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ "Bethel Church Plans Lenten Talk Series". The Ann Arbor News. 1946-03-22. p. 7. Retrieved 2026-02-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. ^ "Charity Club Installs New Officers". The Chicago Defender. 1949-07-09. p. 19. Retrieved 2026-02-21 – via Newspapers.com.
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