User:Voorts/Alison Palmer
Alison Palmer | |
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| Born | November 22, 1931 |
| Education |
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| Occupation | Foreign Service officer |
| Years active | 1960–1981 |
| Ecclesiastical career | |
| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Ordained | 1975-09-07 |
Alison Palmer (born November 22, 1931) is an American priest in the Episcopal Church and a retired Foreign Service officer. In 1975, Palmer became one of the first women to be irregularly ordained as an Episcopal priest as part of the so-called Washington Four.
Early life (1931–1960)
[edit]Alison Palmer was born on November 22, 1931, in Medford, Massachusetts. Palmer was raised on Long Island, New York, by Lois Mead Patten Palmer—a 1927 graduate of Pembroke College in Brown University and a kindergarten teacher—and C.B. Palmer, a writer. She graduated from near the top of her class at Lynbrook High School in 1949 and attended her mother's alma mater, Pembroke College, on a full scholarship. She graduated in 1953 with a bachelor's degree in arts, majoring in English literature and minoring in Latin. Thereafter, in 1955 she entered the United States Department of State as a clerk typist.[1]
Early Foreign Service career (1960–1970)
[edit]Palmer was appointed as a Foreign Service officer in the State Department in 1960.[1]
Vietnam [3]
Episcopal Church (1962–present)
[edit]As of 2016, Palmer was living on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.[4].
Sex discrimination complaints and litigation (1968–2010)
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Archives of the Episcopal Church 2024; Cameron & Riggs 2016, p. 2.
- ^ Calkin 1978, pp. 149–150.
- ^ Calkin 1978, p. 202.
- ^ Cameron & Riggs 2016, p. 3.
Sources
[edit]- "Alison Palmer". The Archives of the Episcopal Church. For the Extension of the Kingdom. 2024. Archived from the original on December 22, 2024. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
- Calkin, Homer L. (1978). Women in the Department of State: Their Role in American Foreign Affairs (Report). Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. United States Department of State Publication 8951. Department and Foreign Service Series 166. U.S. Government Printing Office Stock No. 044-000-01707-5 – via Internet Archive.
- Cameron, Ruth Tonkiss; Riggs, Kristy (September 23, 2016) [2010-12-22]. Finding Aid for Alison Palmer Papers, 1937–2010 (PDF). The Archive of Women in Theological Scholarship. Columbia University Libraries. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 11, 2024. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
- Strano, Andrea (March 2016). "Foreign Service Women Today: The Palmer Case and Beyond". The Foreign Service Journal. Vol. 93, no. 2. pp. 24–28. Archived from the original on September 20, 2024. Retrieved December 22, 2024.