Triennial Meetings of the Women of the Episcopal Church. Records

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Triennial Meetings of the Women of the Episcopal Church. Records

• 1970-1985 (Creation)

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In 1871, the General Convention authorized The Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions to coordinate the work formerly conducted by a large number of isolated women's missionary societies. The Triennial Meetings began in 1874 when the women resolved to meet as a self-governing body concurrently with General Convention, from which women were excluded. During the Triennium of 1956-1958, women's work in the Church was reorganized and the Auxiliary transitioned into a division of the National Council renamed the General Division of Women's Work. Rejecting auxiliary status, diocesan organizations began to rename themselves the Episcopal Church Women (ECW). The ambiguous status of the women of the Church accounts for a number of Triennial meetings being primarily organized by various ad hoc committees until the 1985 gathering, which formally established the ECW and declared themselves the successor body of the Woman’s Auxiliary (later recognized by Executive Council vote). It assumed responsibility for coordinating women's activities in the Church and for organizing the Triennial gatherings.

This collection comprises records from the six Triennial Meetings that took place between the dissolution of the General Division of Women’s Work in 1968 and the establishment of the Episcopal Church Women in 1985. Included are minutes, committee reports, correspondence, delegate lists, financial reports, election records, and related mailings and printed materials. The bulk of the materials are from the 1979 and 1982 meetings.

Triennial Meeting, Houston, 1970
Triennial Meeting, Louisville, 1973
Triennial Meeting, Minneapolis, 1976
Triennial Meeting, Denver, 1979
Triennial Meeting, New Orleans, 1982
Triennial Meeting, Anaheim, 1985

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