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...
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...
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.
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...
Mormon women; Women; Mormonism; Blogs; Feminism; Relief Society (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints); Lectures and lecturing
Caroline Kline presents a paper that discusses the ways feminist Mormon blog posts about Heavenly Mother manifest women's religious ambivalence. She finds that Mormon women on these blogs innovate in their religious practice and in their theology...
Mormons; Mormon women; Agent (Philosophy); American; Feminism - Religious aspects - Mormon Church
The introduction to a one-day conference in which the choices, insights, and agency of Mormon women was explored. Keynote speakers included Aileen Clyde, former 2nd Counselor in the Latter-day Saint General Relief Society Presidency, and Emily...
Mormons; Mormon women; Agent (Philosophy); American; Feminism - Religious aspects - Mormon Church
Aileen H. Clyde's portion of the keynote address "Running with it." "It" can be our imagination or our duty, our wish to serve, our opportunities or our need to know or do. "It" is also an expression of our agency as women. The most simple and...
Mormons; Mormon women; Agent (Philosophy); American; Feminism - Religious aspects - Mormon Church
Emily Clyde Curtis' portion of the keynote address "Running with it." "It" can be our imagination or our duty, our wish to serve, our opportunities or our need to know or do. "It" is also an expression of our agency as women. The most simple and...
Mormons; Mormon women; Agent (Philosophy); American; Feminism - Religious aspects - Mormon Church
Feminist theologians and ethicists have long noted a tendency among women to self-sacrifice for their families. This paper analyzes anecdotes from The Mormon Women's Oral History Project, exploring themes of self-sacrifice, self-understanding, and...
Mormons; Mormon women; Agent (Philosophy); American; Feminism - Religious aspects - Mormon Church
A paper that draws upon an ethnography of a contemporary American LDS community and the work of Saba Mahmood to reconceptualize the feminist theoretical category of agency. Within the academic, feminist literature on traditional religious women,...
Mormons; Mormon women; Agent (Philosophy); American; Feminism - Religious aspects - Mormon Church
Mormon women often measure the success of their families and their own success as parents by their children's participation in the spiritual rite of passage known as the full time mission. This paper analyzes the narratives of women who...
Mormons; Mormon women; Agent (Philosophy); American; Feminism - Religious aspects - Mormon Church
Claudia Bushman offers closing remarks for this one-day conference in which the choices, insights, and agency of Mormon women was explored. Keynote speakers included Aileen Clyde, former 2nd Counselor in the Latter-day Saint General Relief Society...
Mormons; Mormon women; Agent (Philosophy); American; Feminism - Religious aspects - Mormon Church
Panelists Pam Everson, Sandra Lee, Anna Rolapp, and Marian Ward share their personal experiences with agency. They discuss a moment in which they embraced their own selfhood, when they saw themselves as the authors and creators of their lives....
Mormons; Mormon women; Agent (Philosophy); American; Feminism - Religious aspects - Mormon Church
Aileen H. Clyde's portion of the keynote address "Running with it." "It" can be our imagination or our duty, our wish to serve, our opportunities or our need to know or do. "It" is also an expression of our agency as women. The most simple and...
