The combined gathering of around 500 attendees represented an important milestone in the development of feminist theology in Australia.
[5] German-American Roman Catholic feminist theologian Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza had accepted an invitation from MOW to come to Australia, in what was to be her first visit to the country.
[4] Fiorenza was scheduled to be the key-note speaker but had to cancel in the week preceding the conference due to ill-health.
[8] The publication associated with the conference was edited by Elaine Lindsay, with illustrations by Bernice Moore, and photographs by Helen Leonard.
[9] It included Fiorenza's paper 'Daughters of Vision and Struggle', personal perspectives on feminist theology by Marie Tulip, Linda Walter, Christine Burke and Alison Cheek, and the responses to Fiorenza's work by Erin White and Elaine Wainwright.