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The story of the Philadelphia Eleven / Darlene O'Dell ; foreword by Carter Heyward.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks BX 5965.3 .O34 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Dell, Darlene, 1962- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ordination of women--Episcopal Church.
- Ordination of women.
- Ordination of women--Episcopal Church--History.
- Women priests.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 250 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Seabury Books, ©2014.
- Summary:
- On the 40th anniversary of the irregular ordination of the group of women who became known as the "Philadelphia Eleven," Darlene O'Dell introduces us to the women involved, the paths that brought them together on that momentous day - and what has changed (or not changed) in the life of the church over the intervening years. This is the first book to document the story in first-person interviews.
- Contents:
- July 29, 1974
- The deacons' tale, part I
- The deacons' tale, part II
- The gathering
- "That great gittin' up morning"
- The bishops' tale, Chicago
- The priests' tale
- Wind shear
- Letters, scarlet and otherwise
- The trials, part I: "Adjectives are always dangerous"
- The trials, part II: But conjunctions?
- The Washington Four
- Farewells: The General Convention of 1976
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781596272583
- 1596272589
- OCLC:
- 859580894
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