CLAREMONT SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY SHATTERING THE STAINED GLASS CEILING: HOW THREE WOMEN IN THE SOUTHEAST JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH REACHED AND INFLUENCED THE REGION’S HIGHEST OFFICE A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS, RELIGION BY EMILY NELMS CHASTAIN CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA JANUARY 2019