When she gave her first sermon at the City Temple in March of that year, she had had no thought but that this would be the end of preaching for me.
qtd. in
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
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1944: The Bishop of Hong Kong, Dr R. V. Hall, ordained...
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1944
The Bishop of Hong Kong, Dr R. V. Hall
, ordained the first Anglican woman priest, Lei Tim Oi
. Hall's church colleagues, however, asked her to resign, and she did so in 1946.
Fletcher, Sheila. Maude Royden: A Life. Basil Blackwell, 1989.