The National Organization for Women's Ecumenical Task Force on Women and Religion was created by feminist theologian Elizabeth Farians. [1] The group played an important role in the creation of a Catholic feminist movement in the 1960s and early 1970s and worked for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. [2]
The National Organization for Women was created in 1966, the same year the Ecumenical Task Force on Women and Religion was founded. [2] It was founded by notable Catholic feminist, Dr. Elizabeth Farians. Regarding women in the church, Farians was famous for saying, "It's all right if they come with a cake with their hands, but if they come with an idea in their heads." [3] In the late 1970s, Georgia Fuller served as the head of the task force. [4]
In the early years of NOW, the role of religion was emphasized as many activists identified as faith based feminists. [5] Scholars such as Karen Bojar have emphasized the religion was foundational to the founding of NOW since it was so important to Americans in general. [6] The task force consisteted not only of Catholics, but Protestants and Jewish women as well. [7]
Many of the members of the task force, including Farians, supported the Equal Rights Amendment.[ citation needed]
The organization lasted from 1966 to the 1970s. [1] Many local chapters were created including one in Detroit in 1970 and another in Pensacola, Florida. [8] [9]
The archives of the task force are housed as the Schlesinger Library at Harvard College. [10]
Increasing leadership opportunities for women in religious communities was an important goal for the task force. The group endorsed the right for women to serve as deacons in 1971. [11] This decision came as a result of the recommendation of 11 theologians. [11]
One of the most well documented actions of the task force was 1969 protest against a church requirement that women wear hats during service. [12] During what Elizabeth Farians referred to as the "national unveiling", women took off their head coverings at a church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [12]
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The National Organization for Women's Ecumenical Task Force on Women and Religion was created by feminist theologian Elizabeth Farians. [1] The group played an important role in the creation of a Catholic feminist movement in the 1960s and early 1970s and worked for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. [2]
The National Organization for Women was created in 1966, the same year the Ecumenical Task Force on Women and Religion was founded. [2] It was founded by notable Catholic feminist, Dr. Elizabeth Farians. Regarding women in the church, Farians was famous for saying, "It's all right if they come with a cake with their hands, but if they come with an idea in their heads." [3] In the late 1970s, Georgia Fuller served as the head of the task force. [4]
In the early years of NOW, the role of religion was emphasized as many activists identified as faith based feminists. [5] Scholars such as Karen Bojar have emphasized the religion was foundational to the founding of NOW since it was so important to Americans in general. [6] The task force consisteted not only of Catholics, but Protestants and Jewish women as well. [7]
Many of the members of the task force, including Farians, supported the Equal Rights Amendment.[ citation needed]
The organization lasted from 1966 to the 1970s. [1] Many local chapters were created including one in Detroit in 1970 and another in Pensacola, Florida. [8] [9]
The archives of the task force are housed as the Schlesinger Library at Harvard College. [10]
Increasing leadership opportunities for women in religious communities was an important goal for the task force. The group endorsed the right for women to serve as deacons in 1971. [11] This decision came as a result of the recommendation of 11 theologians. [11]
One of the most well documented actions of the task force was 1969 protest against a church requirement that women wear hats during service. [12] During what Elizabeth Farians referred to as the "national unveiling", women took off their head coverings at a church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [12]
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