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Elsie Dorothea Chamberlain-Garrington

(1910-1991), Congretional Minister; Religious BBC broadcaster; Chairman of Congregational Federation Council

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Peter Searl

17 September 2017, 09:19

The biography by Allan Argent claims that Elsie Chamberlain was a leading figure in British broadcasting and religious life. She was a pioneer in many areas: the first woman chaplain to the armed forces; the first nonconformist minister to marry an Anglican clergyman; the first woman producer in the religious broadcasting dept of the BBC and the first woman to present the daily service on the radio. Her broadcasting accustomed many listeners to the idea of a woman leading public worship. And she became the first woman to occupy the chair of the Congregational Union of England and Wales and almost certainly the first woman anywhere in the world to head a major denomination.