Martha Sonntag Bradley

Martha Sonntag Bradley was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on June 18, 1951.[1] She had three brothers. Bradley-Evans is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Bradley-Evans was the president of the Mormon History Association. Bradley-Evans was also the co-editor of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought.The journal encouraged members of the LDS Church to freely express their opinions and promoted discussion of various topics.Bradley-Evans taught at Brigham Young University (BYU) in the history department where she was awarded a teaching excellence award. She resigned from BYU in July 1993.

The Cloning of Mormon Architecture

Articles/Essays – Volume 14, No. 1

Though Brigham Young sermons were often full of exaggerations, he was right on the mark when he said, To accomplish this work there will have to be not only one temple but thousands of them,…

Mothers and Daughters in Polygamy

Articles/Essays – Volume 18, No. 3

Dialogue 18.3 (Fall 1985): 99–107
An analysis of what the individual wives’ roles are in the 19th century among plural marriages. Embry and Bradley make the argument that the daughters in a polygamous relationship pay attention to how their own mom is doing, which determines whether or not when they are older they enter into a polygamous relationship.

The Women of Fundamentalism: Short Creek, 1953

Articles/Essays – Volume 23, No. 2

Dialogue 23.2 (Summer 1990): 15–38
Bradley describes how even after the Short Creek Raids happened, the women there still believed in plural marriage.

“Seizing Sacred Space”: Women’s Engagement in Early Mormonism

Articles/Essays – Volume 27, No. 2

Dialogue 27.2 (Summer 1994): 69–82
Zina, like many other early converts to Mormonism, was a child of the Second Great Awakening.

The Times — They Are Still A’ Changin’

Articles/Essays – Volume 31, No. 3