Exponent and the Notorious RBG
This is the story of how the home teaching program, true charity, and an immigrant introduced Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Mormon feminism. My parents moved to the Washington DC suburbs fifteen years ago. Soon...
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From the Backlist: Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg
April Young Bennett: Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been a role model for me about how to move change forward in a world that isn’t quite ready. She has always been uncompromising in expressing her...
When the Church asks the ladies to study (male-only) priesthood before General Conference
Just before last General Conference, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) sent out an email instructing “the sisters” (not the men) to study three sections from Doctrine and Covenants prior to...
Martha Hughes Cannon honored as first female Utah State Senator
On Monday, September 14, 2020, a statue of Martha Hughes Cannon was unveiled at the Utah State Capitol. Cannon was the first female elected as a state senator in the United States in 1896,...
Nursing in the Workplace, in the Family, in the Ward: WHO Year of the Nurse and the Midwife
My first encounter with nurses occurred literally by accident following a close encounter with a plate glass window. It was September 1972, the day before the first day of 5th grade. My friend Josephine’s...
Friends, Nurses and Cancer: WHO Year of the Nurse and Midwife
Guest post by Anna. Anna was generous enough to engage in a question and answer interview rather than supply a traditional post. About Anna: Most of my 20 year nursing career in management...
Advocating for Women’s Health in Public and Private Spheres: WHO Year of the Nurse and Midwife
Advocating for Women’s Health in Public and Private Spheres Guest Post by Tiffany Greene Historical Research Consultant–Better Days 2020 www.betterdays2020.com www.utahwomensregistory.com In commemorating voting rights anniversaries that coincide in the year 2020–150 years...
WHO Year of the Nurse and Midwife: Review of A Midwife’s Tale
Surely no discussion of midwifery and Mormons would be complete without a nod to Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s classic A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary 1785-1812. The dates alone should signal...
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