Author discusses selected themes in the history of second-wave feminism in connection with Mormon feminism while focusing on the emergence of feminist groups, the discovery of history, and the double bind of identity politics where Mormon feminists...
Mormon women; Women; Mormonism; Second-wave feminism; Women's history; Equal rights amendments; Women authors; Eve (Biblical figure); Leadership; Political activists; Lectures and lecturing
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich presents a paper that situates the history of “Exponent Women” and other contemporary Latter-day Saints (LDS) groups in the context of the larger history of grassroots feminism.
Handout by: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich,
Mormon History Association Meeting,
Killington, Vermont May 27, 2005,
Mormon Women in the History of Second Wave Feminism
Author discusses the importance of women's blogs in recent years. Especially to feminist Mormon women who discuss everything from the triumphs and challenges of motherhood to the conflicting ideals that feminism and Mormonism present. The author...
Kate Holbrook discusses the stories of women she has known who have exercised a bishopric, including a British Relief Society president who led relief convoys into war zones, an Episcopalian priest's ministry to the homeless, and a billionaire oil...
The author discusses women's ability to be both a Christian and a Theologian equal to men revealing a clear tension as to whether or not women can do theology in an LDS context.
Mormon women; Women; Mormonism; Dioceses; Hunt, Swanee; Little, Deborah Whiting; Second-wave feminism; Religious gatherings; Lectures and lecturing
Kate Holbrook presents a paper that tells the stories of women she has known who have exercised a bishopric, including a British Relief Society president who led relief convoys into war zones, an Episcopalian priest's ministry to the homeless, and...
Conference flyer: "Mormonism through the eyes of women: envisioning new spaces for theology and practice." Featured speakers, Claudia L. Bushman, Margaret Merrill Toscano, and Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. Albrecht Auditorium - Claremont Graduate...
