The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests.

General Synod of the Church of England

Tricameral legislature of the Church of England

The General Synod is the tricameral deliberative and legislative organ of the Church of England. The synod was instituted in 1970, replacing the Church Assembly, and is the culmination of a process of rediscovering self-government for the Church of England that had started in…