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Argument For…
In part two of our “Argument Against/For” day (first installment here), I wanted to share the Argument for women’s suffrage, prepared by H. G. Cattell, an assemblyman in the 67th California district in 1911. Like this morning’s post, the 1911 … Continue reading
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Tagged feminism, mormon feminism, Mormon women, priesthood, women, women's history
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Argument Against…
In 1911, the state of California was in heated debate about granting suffrage for women. I recently came across one of the arguments against granting women suffrage, written by Sentator J. B. Sanford of the Democratic Caucus. Reading through it, … Continue reading
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Tagged feminism, mormon feminism, Mormon women, priesthood, women, women's history
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Last Pages
I only have four pages left in my current journal. (I really don’t like the term ‘journal‘ but neither ‘sketchbook‘ nor ‘scrapbook‘ really fit either. The book is almost as full of taped in mementos, sketches, and the words of … Continue reading
A Woman's Blessing
Sarah Ann Eliza explained that she had already lost one daughter, the doctors had told her that she probably would not have any more children, and so she had decided to be with her baby daughter while she was sick. She said, “This baby is ill. I’m not going to take her. I’m not going to leave her.”
Susa Young Gates asked, “Would you like me to give you a blessing?
My great-great-grandmother replied that she would. Continue reading
The Feminist Twelve Days of Christmas
by mraynes On the first day of Christmas my fore-mothers gave to me: The right to fight the patriarchy. On the second day of Christmas my fore-mothers gave to me: Suffrage for all And the right to fight the patriarchy. … Continue reading
Mistress of History
by mraynes I once had a boyfriend who told me that women have no history outside of their husbands and children. I was a young history major at the time and was only just discovering where my interests lay but … Continue reading
Time travel and other historical adventures
The past few weeks I’ve spent much of my days at the Huntington Library, reading the journals of an exceptional female minister/healer (by some accounts she was the first American woman to seek ordination as a Congregationalist minster). This woman, … Continue reading
Making History
A few weeks ago I recorded an interview with Exponent II founder Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. She read some passages from her latest book, Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History and she answered my questions about historical writing and research. You can … Continue reading
Posted in history, women
Tagged books, exponentII, history, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Laurel Ulrich, LDS, Mormon history, women's history
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The Facebook of the 19th Century
Announcements: If you check the sidebar, you will see links to the Exponent II group on flickr, a photo sharing group, and on Facebook, a social networking site. If you use either of these applications, I hope you will join … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, Exponent II, Facebook, woman's exponent, women's history
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A Visit to Seneca Falls
Standing in an open air chapel, with only two brick walls and remnants of a wood roof left as evidence of its existence, I had a profound feeling that I was on sacred ground. I was overcome with gratitude for … Continue reading
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Tagged Declaration of Sentiments, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, feminism, Seneca Falls, women's history, Women's Rights Museum
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