Linda Thatcher

LINDA THATCHER has a B.S. and M.Ed, from Utah State University and an M.L.S. from Brigham Young University. She has served as president of the Utah Women's History Association and was book review editor for DIALOGUE for eight years. She has worked for the Utah State Historical Society for sixteen years where she is presently the coordinator of Collections Management. A version of this essay was presented at the 1987 Mormon History Association meeting in Oxford, England.

Selected Newspapers Articles on Mormons and Mormonism Published During 1977

Articles/Essays – Volume 11, No. 4

Today there are more than 1,700 daily newspapers in the United States, many of which have circulations of several hundred thousand. Yet once a particular day’s news is superseded by the next, what remains is…

Among the Mormons: A Survey of Current Literature

Articles/Essays – Volume 12, No. 2

Only rarely does a piece of writing capture the imagination of both novice and professional alike. Even more infrequently does such a work begin as a Ph.D. dissertation or master’s thesis. Certainly the most renowned…

Among the Mormons: A Survey of Current Literature

Articles/Essays – Volume 12, No. 4

It was indeed a historic moment when on Friday 9 June 1978, President Spencer W. Kimball announced, in a five-paragraph letter to all the leaders of the Church, that God “has heard our prayers, and…

Among the Mormons: A Survey of Current Theses and Dissertations

Articles/Essays – Volume 16, No. 1

Despite the marked decline in the number of students seeking advanced degrees, which is sending shock waves throughout American academia, interest in Mormon-related programs remains remarkably high. This trend becomes considerably more understandable when we…

Among the Mormons: Selected Newspaper Articles on Mormons and Mormonism Published During 1982

Articles/Essays – Volume 17, No. 1

Each year the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints receives several hundred thousand column inches of space in national and local newspaper. News items range from the local LDS missionaries in the community to…

Women Alone: The Economic and Emotional Plight of Early LDS Women

Articles/Essays – Volume 25, No. 4