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The Philadelphia Eleven
The Philadelphia Eleven
The Philadelphia Eleven

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The Philadelphia Eleven

The Philadelphia Eleven

The Philadelphia Eleven

In a 1974 act akin to civil disobedience, eleven women and their supporters organize their ordination as Episcopal priests in an unauthorized service. A Black urban church in Philadelphia welcomes them, but larger change is not easy. The women are harassed and threatened as they build a movement that challenges

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