Word: swansons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...women who have been ordained Episcopal priests, their ministries are and have been a far more important goal than women's liberation. In interviews last week, the Revs. Suzanne Hiatt and Katrina Swanson, 1958 and 1956 graduates of Radcliffe, agreed they never felt oppressed by Harvard's predominantly male population. During their college days, both women say they gained a strong sense of their own purpose, and their faith in Episcopalianism was confirmed...
...very natural for Swanson. Coming from a family with four Episcopal clergymen in it, Swanson says, "You're molded to do the things that are important to other members of your family." She recalls her father, the Rt. Rev. Edward R. Welles, being "a little surprised" when she told him her destiny was the priesthood. But he accepted the idea quickly and eventually helped plan and execute the Philadelphia ordinations...
...Swanson speaks painfully about the things her father and her husband, also a priest, are forced to endure. Recently, she says, her husband was fired from all liturgical functions in his Kansas Cityparish because of the pressure their bishop applied. "It's like in the Bible when religious leaders called in a man's family and not the man himself for doing something wrong," she says bitterly...
Woodside would rather ignore the cult that has grown up around him and his course. He is gratified by the affectionate respect of his mentor, John K. Fairbank '29, Higginson Professor of History, and the admiration of students like Dan Swanson '74, a former president of The Crimson who once wrote, "This University should belong to people like Professor Woodside." But Woodside is vaguely uncomfortable with such prominence. He'd rather just work quietly at Harvard, not dominate...
...Daniel Swanson '74, a former president of The Crimson, is traveling through Central and South America this year...