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Biography of Barbara Clementine Harris
Name: Barbara Clementine Harris
Birth Date: June 12, 1930
Death Date: N/A
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupations: bishop, activist
Barbara Clementine Harris
In 1989, Barbara Clementine Harris (born 1930) became the first woman bishop in the Worldwide Anglican Communion. Prior to this appointment, Harris was a noted social activist, and her views on social issues continue to inform her actions as a religious leader.Destined never to take the well-traveled or easy path to success, Barbara Clementine Harris made history in 1989 when she became the first woman bishop in the Worldwide Anglican Communion. Harris, an African American Episcopal pastor, had always chosen to be a leader and not a follower, both within and outside her church. Her elevation to bishop amazed many, as it provided a towering example of how far women had come in their struggle for equality in mainline Protestant churches. Harris's goal was to extend the boundaries of her church, continually pushing for a more progressive message from Episcopalians on issues of civil rights, sexism, and fairness. Harris's history as a …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…Period of American literature1960- : Postmodernist Period of American literature1914-1965: Modernist Period of English literature1936-1939: Spanish Civil War1939-1945: World War II1950-1953: Korean War1957-1975: Vietnam WarHarris's contemporaries:Barbara Walters (1931-) American news correspondentGloria Steinem (1934-) American women's rights activistGeraldine Ferraro (1935-) American female vice presidential candidateJane Fonda (1937-) American actressSelected world events:1939: Television begun under commercial license1945: First atomic bomb exploded1945: United Nations organized at San Francisco1965: Mary Quant's miniskirt first appeared in London1968: Jacuzzi Whirlpool bath was first introduced1965: National Organization for Women (NOW) is formed1969: U.S. astronauts landed on moon Further Reading Barbara Harris. "Sermon Delivered by the Rt. Rev. Barbara C. Harris at the Church of the Advocate, Philadelphia." The Episcopal Diocese Of Massachusetts,July 29, 1999. Available from http://www.diomass.org/HarrisSermon.htm.Larry G. Murphy, J. Gordon Melton, and Gary L. Ward, eds., Encyclopedia of African American Religions (New York: Garland, 1993).Richard N. Ostling, "The Bishop is a Lady," Time, 132 (26 December 1988): 80.
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