Preface. -- 1. Women shaped by colonial culture and religious patriarchy. -- 2. Clergy - their attitudes to and images of women. -- 3. Laywomen's struggle for a voice in church government. -- 4. Formal women's ministry: The deaconess. -- 5. Women in religious orders. -- 6. Clergy wives: Ministry in the shadows. -- 7. The Ecumenical movement awakening women. -- 8. Feminism in the Anglican communion. -- 9. Rising protest from women. -- 10. The movement for the ordination of women. -- Part I. The formative years. -- Part II. The final struggle. -- 11. Debate on the ordination of women. -- 12. Reflection