She faced the concept of women as "tokens"

[Her] Diocesan roles led to national ones. As Diocesan ECW President, Scott was a delegate to the 1976 ECW Triennial Meeting and witnessed General Convention’s vote for women’s ordination. Swept by the enormity of the gathering and the spiritual silence in anticipation of vote results, Scott returned home [to North Carolina] with new ideas on the changing roles of women. Participation in 1977 in national group discussions by women about women proved to be her “awakening.” Women were angry that ECW had not done enough. Understanding this as potentially destructive, Scott faced the concept of women as “tokens” and worked to change it.

(Source:“By Word & Example” profile of Mary Scott Tyree Evans Hughes, posted to the website of the Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of North Carolina, September 29, 2015)