Reminiscences of Cynthia Clark Wedel : oral history, 1982.

Biographical Note

Church leader; interviewee married Theodore O. Wedel.

Scope and Contents

Family background, education, Ph.D. in psychology, 1957 from George Washington University; marriage to Theodore O. Wedel, 1939: his career in Episcopal Church; effect of Institute in Group Dynamics on Christian education and on status of women; Kennedy Commission on status of women; Equal Rights Amendment; her career within Episcopal Church; President, National Council of Churches, 1962-1969: membership, racial issues, relationships with conservative churches, goals; President, World Council of Churches, 1975-1983: relationship with Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches; historical basis for ecumenism.

Subjects

• Ecumenical movement.
• Episcopal Church.
• Executives--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Mason, John T., 1909-1998, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
• Oral histories.
• United States--Religious life and customs.
• Wedel, Cynthia Clark, 1908-1986.
• Women's rights.
• Women and religion.
• Women executives--Interviews.
• World Council of Churches.

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