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Justina Lorenz Showers (1885-1984) was a Church of the United Brethren in Christ churchwoman. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College (Pennsylvania) and served as secretary of Young Women's Work of the Women's Missionary Association. In April 1911, she married J. Balmer Showers, a professor at Bonebrake Theological Seminary and later bishop in the church.
Showers was an active leader in the Women's Missionary Association serving as a trustee (1921-1946) and its president (1941-1946). She was also president of the Women's Society of World Service from 1947 to 1955. For twenty-one years she was president of the Miami, Ohio, branch of the Woman's Missionary Association. In addition, Showers was president of the Dayton, Ohio, Young Women's Christian Association.