Enola D. "Miz" Maxwell (August 30, 1919 – June 24, 2003)[1] was an American civil rights activist from San Francisco in the United States.
In 1968, Maxwell became the first woman – and first black person – to be named as lay minister at a Presbyterian Church, she served at Olivet Presbyterian Church in the Potrero Hill neighborhood.
[1][3] Maxwell was later appointed by the church as the executive director of the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House from 1971 until 2003,[4][5] a role she served until her death at the age of 83.
[4] Her daughter, Sophie Maxwell, was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 2000.
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