What is Alison Cheek?
'''Alison Mary Cheek''' (April 11, 1927 – September 1, 2019) was an Australian-born American religious leader. She was known for being [[Philadelphia Eleven|one of the first women]] ordained in the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]] and the first woman to publicly celebrate the [[Eucharist]] in that denomination.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Strickland|first1=Pam|title=Two of Philadelphia 11 say it's still a struggle for women in the church|url=http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2015/04/16/two-of-philadelphia-11-say-its-still-a-struggle-for-women-in-the-church/|access-date=30 October 2015|agency=Episcopal News Service|date=16 April 2015|archive-date=7 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307115116/http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2015/04/16/two-of-philadelphia-11-say-its-still-a-struggle-for-women-in-the-church/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Cheek was born in [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]. Cheek died at her home in [[Brevard, North Carolina|Brevard]], [[North Carolina]] on September 1, 2019 at the age of 92.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2019/09/03/r-i-p-rev-alison-cheek-first-female-episcopal-priest-to-celebrate-eucharist-dies-at-92/|title=RIP: The Rev. Alison Cheek, first female Episcopal priest to celebrate Eucharist, dies at 92|date=2019-09-03|website=Episcopal News Service|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-04}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cheek, Alison}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:People from Adelaide]] [[Category:People from Philadelphia]] [[Category:Episcopalian clergy]] {{US-bio-stub}}