Honoring the The Philadelphia Eleven

Today, on International Women's Day, as women face renewed efforts to keep them from their full potential, check out a new film that tells the story of eleven women who, fifty years ago, broke the barrier to priesthood in the Episcopal Church, here. Also, long before their activism, Episcopal lay leader and socialist Vida Scudder had forged a path for progressives within the church; read about her here in this archival piece by Norm Faramelli.