Rabbi Sally Priesand, the first practicing woman rabbi, tells newsmen 6/9 at New York's Stephen Wise Free Synagogue that "The time has come to allow women complete and full participation" in the temple. Miss Priesand, 25, will become assistant to Rabbi Edward Klein at the synagogue 8/1.

Photo is dated 1972.

Photo measures 8.5 x 9.5 inches.