Woman's Church

In Laceye Warner's article, she states that in the face of strong opposition to the ordination of women in the Methodist Church, Frances Willard suggests that women should ordain themselves if the opposition persisted (thus proposing the creation of a "woman's church").  However, Warner notes that this proposition never materialized. In facing opposition for their own ordination and racial discrimination, Richard Allen effectively created the African-American Methodist Church. In light of this, why did Willard's proposal fail to materialize among women? Why was Allen successful in creating a separate church and Willard wasn't? Did Willard lack the strategic planning to implement such an undertaking, or where there other underlying factors that prevented women supporting Willard's proposal?