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Betty Bone was born on April 2, 1923, in
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WomanPriest: A Portrait of the Reverend Betty Bone Schiess.
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123:(EEOC/EEO), who issued a decision favoring Schiess. The
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Woman Priest: A Portrait of the Rev. Betty Bone Schiess
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had asked her to join the group. The ordainments were "
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chapter to reform the Episcopal church. She earned her
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163:issues. That same year she was inducted into the
590:"Lives Of Phila. Eleven Have Gone 11 Directions"
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718:Syracuse, NY.: Syracuse University Press, 1996.
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92:Schiess and 10 other women, later known as the
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352:"Female priests still fight church"
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573:. January 1, 2006. Archived from
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731:, National Women's Hall of Fame.
607:English, Molly (April 3, 2002).
588:Shea, Kathleen (July 26, 1994).
350:Roddy, Michael (July 29, 1983).
2984:University of Cincinnati alumni
2020:Harriet Williams Russell Strong
388:. Columbia University Libraries
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725:New Futures Enterprises, 1986.
468:Altman, Anita (June 4, 1975).
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567:"Schiess, Betty Bone 1923–".
165:National Women's Hall of Fame
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206:Schiess, Betty Bone (2003).
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1457:Charlotte Perkins Gilman
470:"Weddings: Brule-Woiler"
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407:Schneiderman, Eric.
251:"Betty Bone Schiess"
106:ecclesiastical court
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2879:Philadelphia Eleven
2738:Rebecca S. Halstead
2712:Mary Church Terrell
2399:Barbara A. Mikulski
2127:Patsy Takemoto Mink
2112:Stephanie L. Kwolek
2051:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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1944:Annie Dodge Wauneka
1939:Mary Edwards Walker
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1775:Shirley Ann Jackson
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335:Betty Bone Schiess.
232:Ordination of women
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2577:Carol Mutter
2465:Emma Willard
2445:Nancy Pelosi
2440:Kate Millett
2305:Ruth Patrick
2300:Emma Lazarus
2285:Karen DeCrow
2280:Mildred Cohn
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