The Antoinette Brown Blackwell Society is pleased to announce that the 2026 Antoinette Brown Blackwell Scholarships have been awarded to Benjamin Arbegast and Semareya Mihret. They will each receive a $2,000 award to further their education.
This scholarship is awarded annually to two residents of the Rush-Henrietta School District. High school students, college or trade school students, and students returning to college are eligible to apply. Applicants must be planning to attend an institution of higher learning on a full or part-time basis.
The scholarship has been awarded annually since 1984 in memory of Antoinette Brown Blackwell, the first ordained woman minister in the United States. Born in a log home in Henrietta, she spent her childhood in a stone farmhouse on Pinnacle Road.