August 1, 1916 - Lois Roden
She led the Branch Davidians after her husband Benjamin's death, presiding over a community that would later become the site of one of the most deadly government confrontations in American history. Her tenure is also marked by her relationship with the young David Koresh, whom she mentored and eventually allowed to teach within the group — a decision that set the conditions for his eventual takeover of the sect.
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Lois Irene Scott Roden (August 1, 1916 – November 10, 1986) was an American religious leader who was president of the Branch Davidian Seventh-day Adventist Church, an apocalyptic Christian sect which her husband, Benjamin Roden founded. The sect began in Texas in 1955 as a secession from the Shepherd's Rod movement led by Victor T. Houteff, itself a secession from the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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