Mormon Feminism

Joanna Brooks is Associate Vice President of Faculty Affairs at San Diego State University.Rachel Hunt Steenblik is a PhD student in Philosophy of Religion and Theology at Claremont Graduate University.Hannah Wheelwright is a Programs Assistant at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.

This important collection offers both a retrospective elaboration on the past and a firm foundation – and no little ammunition – for ongoing struggles in the future through debate and activism...it remains a powerful intellectual and spiritual guide to embrace and ponder.

• A Note on the Cover ; Acknowledgments ; Contributor List ; Introduction by Joanna Brooks ; Key Events in Mormon Feminist History ; A. FOUNDATIONS: The 1970s ; 1. Claudia Lauper Bushman, "Women in Dialogue: An Introduction" (1971) ; 2. Claudia Lauper Bushman, "Exponent 2 is Born" (1974) ; 3. Carol Lynn Pearson, "Millie's Mother's Red Dress" (1974) ; 4. Claire Peterson, "Hide and Seek" (1974 -1975) ; 5. Elouise Bell, "The Implications of Feminism for BYU" (1975) ; 6. Judith Rasmussen Dushku, "Mormon Sisters: Feminists" (1976) ; 7. Margaret Munk, "First Grief" (1978) ; 8. Dixie Snow Huefner, "Church and Politics at the Utah IWY" (1978) ; 9. Sonia Johnson, "My Revolution": Excerpts from Housewife to Heretic ; 10. Sonia Johnson, "The Church was Once in the Forefront of the Women's Movement": Speech to the Senate Constitutional Rights Subcommittee (1978) ; 11. Sonia Johnson, "Patriarchal Panic: Sexual Politics in the Mormon Church" (1979) ; 12. Linda Wilcox, "The Mormon Concept of a Mother in Heaven" (1980) ; 13. Lisa Hawkins Bolin, "Another Prayer" and "Let My Sisters Do for Me" (1980) ; 14. Carol Lynn Pearson, "Motherless House" (1980). ; 16. Linda King Newell, "A Gift Given, A Gift Taken: Washing, Anointing, and Blessing the Sick among Mormon Women" (1981) ; 17. Carol Cornwall Madsen, "Mormon Women and the Struggle for Definition: The Nineteenth-Century Church" (1981) ; 18. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, "Pink Dialogue and Beyond" (1981) ; B. LIVED CONTRADICTIONS: The 1980s ; 1. Nadine Hansen, "Women and Priesthood" (1981) ; 2. Mary Bradford, selections from Mormon Women Speak (1982): Reva Beth Russell, "A Purple Rose;" and Cherie Taylor Pederson, "Expanding the Vision" ; 3. Mary Bradford, "Across the Generations" (1984) ; 4. Margaret Toscano, "The Missing Rib: The Forgotten Place of Queens and Priestessses in the Establishment of Zion" (1985) ; 5. Linda Sillitoe, "an elegy in lower case (for president spencer w. kimball)" (1985) ; 6. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, "Lusterware" (1986) ; 7. Judith Rasmussen Dushku, "The Day of the Lambs and the Lions" (1987) ; 8. Violet Tew Kimball, "Wife #3" (1987) ; 9. Carol Lynn Pearson, "A Walk in the Pink Moccasins" (1988) ; 10. Elouise Bell, "The Meeting" and "When Nice Ain't So Nice" (1990) ; 11. Sonja Farnsworth, "Mormonism's Odd Couple: The Priesthood-Motherhood Connection" (1991) ; C. DEFINING MOMENTS: The 1990s ; 1. Cecilia Konchar Farr, "I Am a Mormon, and I am for Choice" (1992) ; 2. Carol Lynn Pearson, Mother Wove the Morning (1992) ; 3. Susan Elizabeth Howe, "The Blessing" (1992) ; 4. Margaret Toscano, "Put on Your Strength, O Daughters of Zion: Claiming Priesthood and Knowing the Mother" (1992) ; 5. Lavina Fielding Anderson, "The LDS Intellectual Community and Church Leadership: A Contemporary Chronology" (1992) ; 6. White Roses: Statement (1993) ; 7. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, "Border Crossings" (1994) ; 8. Janice Allred, "Toward a Mormon Theology of God the Mother" (1994) ; 9. Lynn Matthews Anderson, "Towards a Feminist Interpretation of Latter-day Saint Scripture" (1994) ; 10. Cecilia Konchar Farr, "Dancing Through the Doctrine" (1995) ; 11. Lynn Matthews Anderson, "I Have an Answer" (1996) ; 12. Carol Lynn Pearson, "Could Feminism Have Saved the Nephites?" (1996) ; D. RESURGENCE: The 2000s ; 1. Joanna Brooks, "Where Have All the Mormon Feminists Gone" (2003) ; 2. Lorie Winder Stromberg, "Power Hungry" (2004) ; 3. Chieko Nishimura Okazaki, "There is Always a Struggle" (2005) ; 4. Kynthia Taylor, "The Trouble With Chicken Patriarchy" (2007) ; 5. "What Women Know" (2007) ; 6. Lisa Butterworth, "13 Articles of Faith of Healthy Chastity" (2010) ; 7. Joanna Brooks, "Invocation / Benediction" (2010) ; 8. Valerie Hudson Cassler, "Two Trees" (2010) ; 9. Chelsea Shields Strayer, "Dear Mom" (2011) ; 10. Neylan McBaine, "To Do the Business of the Church: A Cooperative Paradigm for Examining Gendered Participation Within Church Organizational Structure" (2012) ; 11. Meghan Raynes, "Now I Have the Power" (2012) ; 12. What Women Know Collective, "All Are Alike Unto God" (2012) ; 13. Kate Kelly, "Equality is Not a Feeling" (2013) ; 14. Janan Graham, "On Black Bodies in White Spaces: Conversations on Women's Ordination and Women of African Descent in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" (2013) ; 15. Gina Colvin, "Ordain Women, But ... : A Womanist Perspective" (2014) ; 16. Lani Wendt Young, "Rejoice in the Diversity of our Sisterhood" (2014) ; 17. Trine Thoma Nelson, "Claim Yourself: Finding Validation and Purpose Without Institutional Approval" (2014) ; 18. Liz Hammond, "The Mormon Priestess: LDS Temple Theology of Womanhood" (2014) ; 19. Rachel Hunt Steenblik, "Welcome Baby, You are Home" (2014) ; 20. Carol Lynn Pearson, "Pioneers" ; Glossary of Names and Terms ; Additional Resources ; Study Group Guide ; Topical Guide ; Index