Lesley Armstrong Northup papers, circa 1987 -- 1994

Creator:
Northup, Lesley A.
Abstract:
This collection contains the working papers, correspondence, publications, and other related materials of Lesley Northup, a writer, teacher, and Episcopal priest, and Associate Professor of Religion and Culture and Associate Dean of the Honors College, Florida International University, including manuscripts, notes and clippings, correspondence related to Northup's choice to become a single parent by artificial insemination, and responses to the Forms of Address for Episcopal Women Clergy survey.
Extent:
0.5 linear feet 0.5 linear feet; 1 box
Language:
English .
Scope and content:

This collection contains the working papers, correspondence, publications, and other related materials of Lesley Northup, including manuscripts, notes and clippings, correspondence related to Northup's choice to become a single parent by artificial insemination, and responses to the Forms of Address for Episcopal Women Clergy survey.

Biographical / historical:

Lesley A. Northup was born on December 2, 1947 in the Bronx, New York. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Speech) from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1970. Northup received her M.Div in 1980 from the Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, MA. She went on to study for the M.A. in Religious Studies/Liturgics (1983) and a Ph.D. in Historical Theology (1991) from The Catholic University of America. Honors include the Florida International University Outstanding Service Award (2004) and Teaching Award (2001, 2002) and the Outstanding Honors Fellow, 2003. Northup was ordained an Episcopal priest at the\ Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City by the Rt. Rev. Paul Moore in 1981. The first Episcopal woman priest to serve as a chaplain in the Navy Reserve, Northup served for ten years in that capacity from c. 1976, while she was writing, publishing, and teaching. Her daughter, Evan Armstrong Northup, was born August 8, 1986 by artificial insemination. Northup began her teaching career in 1984 at Howard University's Divinity School, Washington, D.C., as a lecturer in Liturgical History. She has taught religion, religion and broadcasting, women's studies, English and professional writing at Howard University (1984), the Virginia Theological Seminary (1987), and the University of Maryland (1988-1993). In 1993, she joined the faculty at Florida International University in the Department of Religious Studies as Associate Professor of Religion and Culture and became Associate Dean of the Honors College at F.I.U. in 1994. Northup is the author of several books including Ritualizing Women: Patterns and Practices (1997), Women and Religious Ritual (1993), and The 1892 Book of Common Prayer (1993). Numerous articles, book reviews, and essays have appeared in both mass market and professional journals.

Access and use

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Preferred citation:

Item description, AWTS: Lesley Armstrong Northup papers, 1987-1994, box #, folder #, The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.

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