[…] Smith, a poem turned hymn appeared in the August 1844 issue of Times and Seasons, an LDS newspaper that circulated in Nauvoo, Illinois. William W. Phelps wrote “Praise to the Man” to celebrate the […]
[…] 5, 1852, he declared in a prepared speech to the territorial legislature, later published in the Deseret News: “No property can or should be recognized as existing in slaves.” Just two weeks later, though, […]
[…] is changing and it is changing in a major way. On 9 December 1987 an official Church news release described the belief in the superiority of one race or color over another as “abhorrent […]
[…] tried so hard to place at the center of Utah history? Well, if you’ve been following the news from Happy Valley, you’ve probably heard about a shady real estate proposal with backers in a […]
[…] felt ourselves isolated in our wards can find virtual communities of Mormon feminists on the internet and share with them—all day and all night if we want—our historic moment and our lives. We once […]
[…] also human to create, to want to be in power, and to be the messengers bringing good news. In ritual, we can see that we are part of creating the very Garden in which […]
[…] chair ruled against objection, but the conference voted to table the entire matter. Looking toward the 1972 World Conference, the Portland, Oregon, Metropolitan branch passed a resolution on expanded female participation in church life. […]
[…] brim with food, first aid supplies, and water jugs. It was the most organized thing in the world, like a library. I opened a Tupperware thing filled with those big Hershey bars. I sat […]
[…] something bad happening to me. Jack was looking like the rattled folk you see on the TV news. Had those eyes. He stood by the Nova and said, “It has me spooked is all […]
[…] sheets from the closet. Lucille couldn’t quite believe it either. Making the bed, she kept seeing the newspaper headlines: “Mother-Daughter Murdered by Vagrant.” Kicking herself for being so trusting of a total stranger. And […]