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the great adventure – Maude Royden
Selecting only 40 first-wave feminists is hard enough but how is possible to round off such a list? Perhaps only by recalling one who, as a multi-faceted pioneer, crossed many different barriers and whose loving critique of the Church remains … Continue reading
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daring to ask for women’s ordination – Ursula Roberts
Some things, such as sexuality and women’s ordination, were steered clear of by most first-wave Christian feminists. Even when they supported changes, most held back, in the interests of nurturing more conservative support for issues which were more ‘practical politics’ … Continue reading
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