Shortly after publishing my book, Ask a Suffragist: Stories and Wisdom from America’s First Feminists, I was surprised when emails from middle and high school students started coming in. In retrospect it makes sense,...
For the second time, the case of Lavina Fielding Anderson has demonstrated that the church discipline system of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), especially the draconian practice of excommunication, protects...
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by April Young-Bennett · Published July 19, 2018 · Last modified September 25, 2019
“A proper self-respect demands that every woman may have some name by which she may be known from the cradle to the grave,” Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote to Lucy Stone in 1855, when she...
Sometimes, we have a tendency to vilify the world and assume it is just keeps getting worse. President Gordon B. Hinckley had a different perspective: “There never was a greater time in the history...
by April Young-Bennett · Published December 15, 2016 · Last modified January 23, 2018
When the ancient prophet Isaiah prophesied of our Savior, his words were beautiful, but also, as Isaiah tends to be, somewhat confusing. He described Christ’s birth this way: For unto us a child is...
One week from today, Mormon women will attend the Priesthood Session of General Conference to show support for women’s ordination. Since January, Mormons have been studying Lorenzo Snow in Relief Society and Priesthood classes....
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