WMN191

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WMN191

Description

The Journal of the General Convention in 1949 records the refusal of the House of Deputies to seat three women delegates, Alice H. Cowdry, Ruth Jenkins and Elizabeth Davis Pittman, who had been elected by their diocese. The women refused an offer to be seated without voice or vote.

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©Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society

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Church Women

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Women Deputies

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