The Movement for the Ordination of Women (MOW) was an organisation which campaigned for the ordination of women as deacons and priests in the Church of England. It operated from the late 1970s until women were ordained as priests in the early 1990s. It was effectively succeeded by Women and the Church

Women and the Church

Women and the Church is a group of women and men who have been campaigning for gender equality in the Church of England. The group was initially created during the 1990s as London WATCH in order to ensure the acceptance of female priests in the Church of England...

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The Movement for the ordination of Women can also refer to a women's ordination organization founded within the Anglican Church of Australia

Anglican Church of Australia

The Anglican Church of Australia is a member church of the Anglican Communion. It was previously officially known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania...

 by Patricia Brennan

Patricia Brennan

Patricia Anne Brennan AM was an Australian medical doctor and a prominent campaigner for the ordination of women in the Anglican Church of Australia....

in the 1970s.

There were differences within this Australian group about styles of protest and activism. Some members were uncomfortable in the public arena and feared that "engaging in political strategy and power games" might divert the issue from its spiritual path.

External links

• http://womenandthechurch.org/ Women and the Church (WATCH)
• womenpriests.org/ Roman Catholic advocates of women's ordination: article on The (Australian) Movement for the Ordination of Women