On this day in ...
...
1992 (20 years ago),
at Church House in Westminster, London, the parliament of the Church of England approved, by a 2-vote margin, legislation allowing
women to be Anglican priests. The 1st ordination of a woman,
Angela Berners-Wilson (right), would occur 2 years later. Earlier this year, the church advanced the process of
appointment of women bishiops.
(Prior November 11 posts are here, here, here, here, and here.)
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