On July 29, 1974, in an act of canonical disobedience, eleven women were ordained as Episcopal priests at Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia. These eleven women went on to serve the church and the world as seminary professors, parish priests, lawyers, and authors, despite the resistance with which their ordinations were met in many quarters of the church.

Watch the trailer.

On March 1 at 7 p.m., the first day of Women’s History Month, St. Luke’s, Jamestown will hold a free screening of the Philadelphia Eleven documentary at the Robert H. Jackson Center. No reservations are required and everyone is welcome to attend.