03812mpc  2200457 a 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025035002400066035002200090040001900112100002500131245004200156300001900198545096100217545050701178520064101685555001702326524011902343600001502462610004302477610005202520610004902572610007402621610004402695610003502739610003402774610005402808610005002862610003702912610002402949610003202973650001803005650002503023650001903048650005603067650006103123650005403184650004703238650004803285905002103333209372719920708120000.0901221q19651991nyu                 eng d  a(CStRLIN)NYCV90A240  a(NIC)notisAKT2338  aNICcNICeappm1 aSchiess, Betty Bone.00aBetty Bone Schiess papers, 1965-1991.  a18.8 cubic ft.  aEpiscopal priest.bBetty Bone Schiess graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1945.  She received an M.A. from Syracuse University in 1947 and a Master of Divinity in 1972 from the Rochester Center for Theological Studies.  In 1972, she was ordained a deacon of the Episcopal Church in the United States, and ordained as a priest in 1974.  The ordination in 1974 in Philadelphia of eleven woem by four inactive priests was deemed "irregular" in that it was done without approval of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church.  Subsequently, Schiess and her attorney Constance Cook began a law suit against the Bishop of the Diocese of Central New York, Ned Cole, charging him with sex discrimination for refusing to recognize her ordination and preventing her from assuming the position of a parish priest.  The suit was discontinued when the General Convention in 1975 approved the ordination of women to the priesthood in the Episcopal Church.  bReverend Schiess served as curate at Grace Episcopal Church in Baldwinsville, N.Y. in 1972-1973.  From 1973 to 1984, she was Executive Director, Mizpah Educational and Cultural Center for the Aging in Syracuse; Priest Associate, Grace Episcopal Church, Syracuse; Chaplain, Syracuse University; and Acting Chaplain, Cornell University.  She was installed as rector of Grace Church, Mexico, N.Y., in 1984 and became Advisor to Women in Mission and Ministry, Episcopal Church in the United States in 1987.  aCorrespondence, litigation files, documents, clippings, photographs, audio and video cassettes concerning the various causes and organizationswith which Reverand Schiess was concerned, particularly the ordination of women and feminist issues.  Organizations include the International Association of Women Ministers, the Episcopal Society for the Examination of Feminist Issues, the National Organization for Women, and the Movement for the Ordination of Women.  Much of the material pertains to the July 1974 ordination of the "Philadelphia 11" and to the Lambeth Conference (England) and the General Convention of the Episcopal Church.0 aFolder list.  aBetty Bone Schiess. Papers, #4468.  Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Cornell University Library.10aCole, Ned.20aEpiscopal Church.bGeneral Convention.20aEpiscopal Church.bDiocese of Central New York.20aGrace Episcopal Church (Baldwinsville, N.Y.)20aMizpah Educational and Cultural Center for the Aging (Syracuse, N.Y.)20aGrace Episcopal Church (Syracuse, N.Y.)20aSyracuse UniversityxReligion.20aCornell UniversityxReligion.20aEpiscopal Church.bWomen in Mission and Ministry.20aInternational Association of Women Ministers.20aNational Organization for Women.20aLambeth Conference.20aGrace Church (Mexico, N.Y.) 0aWomen clergy. 0aOrdination of women. 0aWomen priests. 0aReligious institutionszNew York (State)zSyracuse. 0aReligious institutionszNew York (State)zBaldwinsville. 0aReligious institutionszNew York (State)zMexico. 0aFeminismxReligious aspectsxChristianity. 0aSyracuse (N.Y.)xReligious life and customs  a19920708120000.0