Religion: Last Stronghold

To the Christian churches of the U. S., feminists give much credit for the emancipation of U. S. women. Yet in church matters women are still denied equality with men. A few large churches* ordain women as ministers, but few women ever get important appointments as pastors.

Last week, Dr. Georgia Harkness, one of the ablest of U. S. female divines, let off a little steam on the subject, as she does periodically.

A rich-voiced, grey-haired Methodist minister who seldom mounts a pulpit, Miss Harkness teaches philosophy at Mount Holyoke College, is...

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