| Description |
1 online resource (284 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction and Early Life; 2 The Call to the Ministry; 3 Elsie Begins Her Ministry, 1939; 4 The Return to London, 1941; 5 Flying into the Storms: Chaplain in the Royal Air Force, 1945; 6 A Season of Clear Shining: Married Life; 7 Vineyard Congregational Church, Richmond-upon-Thames; 8 Later Years at Vineyard; 9 International Meetings and the CUEW Chair; 10 Elsie at the BBC; 11 After the BBC: The City Temple; 12 The Sky Turns Black: Another Crisis |
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13 Sometimes a Light Surprises: The Congregational Federation14 Hutton Free Church, 1971; 15 A Local Thunderstorm: The Kentish Town Situation; 16 Presidential Duties and Travelling, 1973-1980; 17 Going West, 1980; 18 Ministry in Nottingham, 1984-1991; 19 Epilogue; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Elsie Chamberlain was a leading figure in British broadcasting and religious life. She was a pioneer in many areas: the first woman chaplain to the armed forces; the first nonconformist minister to marry an Anglican clergyman; the first woman producer in the religious broadcasting dept of the BBC and the first woman to present the daily service on the radio. Her broadcasting accustomed many listeners to the idea of a woman leading public worship. And she became the first woman to occupy the chair of the Congregational Union of England and Wales and almost certainly the first woman anywhere in |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Chamberlain, Elsie, 1910-1991
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Congregational Union of England and Wales -- Clergy -- Biography
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Women clergy -- England -- Biography
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317543879 |
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1317543874 |
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