Reminiscences of Cynthia Clark Wedel : oral history, 1982.

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Reminiscences of Cynthia Clark Wedel : oral history, 1982.

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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.

Miscellaneous papers relation to oral history.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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