The Movement for the Ordination of Women Australia Ltd
invites members, supporters and guests to the 2024 National Conference in Brisbane:
Dates: Thursday 28 to Saturday 30 November 2024
https://mowatch.com.au/conferences/2024-conference-lead-like-a-woman/
See article published in Anglican Focus on 30 October 2024, "40 years of national women’s ordination advocacy to be celebrated at Brisbane conference".
40th Anniversary
Movement for the Ordination of Women: History, Origins and Key Figures - Article by Rev Marian Free in Anglican Focus on Thursday 28 September 2023
'Grit, grace and spirit': Women priests move on without Sydney - Article by Trinity Taylor in Newsworthy on 22 September 2023.
Women's ordination champions to celebrate 40 years of activism - Article by Jenan Tayor in The Melbourne Anglican on 16 August 2023.
Kay Goldsworthy is flying to Sydney. She won't be an archbishop when she lands. Argh, men. Article by Julia Baird in the Sydney Morning Herald on 16 September 2023. (requires subscription to access)
MOW in Sydney: 40 Years of Activism - Ruth Champion and Elaine Lindsay
30th Anniversary
On 16-18 September 2022 a conference was held in Sydney to mark the 30th Anniversary of the Ordination of Women in Australia.
MOW's Unfinished Business Conference website provides access to the conference program booklet and video presentations.
The conference program booklet includes a list of the 92 women who were ordained priest in 1992.
Celebrating 30 years of women priests in Australian - Article in The Guardian: a publication of the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide - 17 February 2022
Women's Ordination in the Anglican Church of Australia - article by Dorothy Lee FAHA - Published by the Australian Academy of the Humanities
The Gippsland Anglican Newsletter - November 2022 - Includes article by Elaine Lindsay on the Unfinished Business Conference and an article by Keren Terpstra on women clergy in Gippsland.
Timelines
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_for_the_Ordination_of_Women
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_women%27s_religious_ordination
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordination_of_women
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordination_of_women_in_the_Anglican_Communion
Papers
The Movement for the Ordination of Women in the Anglican Church in Australia
Several MOW branches and people involved in the ‘early days’ have put their papers in State Libraries for future researchers.
Exhibition
From Biscuits to Bishops A celebration of Anglican women’s history in the Diocese of Brisbane. This exhibition was part of a women's history project compiled by Gwenneth Roberts on the St John's Cathedral (Brisbane) site.
One part of the online exhibition, The late 20th century – The Path to Ordination - includes MOW biographies and videos.