Darlene O'Dell

Darlene O'Dell

Darlene O'Dell is the author of The Story of the Philadelphia Eleven; Sites of Southern Memory: The Autobiographies of Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin, Lillian Smith, and Pauli Murray; and Raised in the World of Everyday Poets. She lives in Asheville, North Carolina.

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Carter Heyward with flag

Carter Heyward's new book calls out sins of white Christian nationalism

In her new book, Carter Heyward names the sins of white supremacy, entitlement, misogyny and violence (among others), then devotes the final third of the book to identifying directions for action.

From left: Merrill Bittner, Emily Hewitt, Carter Heyward, Nancy Wittig and Marie Moorefield Fleischer preside at a memorial service for Alison Cheek Nov. 2 at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Brevard, North Carolina. (Darlene O’Dell)

Philadelphia 11 reunion recalls ministry of pioneering women priests

In 1974, they became the first women ordained to the Episcopal priesthood in the U.S. This November, five of them gathered again to celebrate the life of one of their own, Alison Cheek, who died Sept. 1.

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