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Katie Ludlow Rich and Heather Sundahl on Mormon Stories podcast with 50 Years of Exponent I.
Katie Ludlow Rich and Heather Sundahl on Mormon Stories podcast with 50 Years of Exponent I.
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Abby Maxwell Hansen
Abby (she/her/hers) has lived in Utah her entire life and is the mom of three kids. Some of her proudest moments include participating with Ordain Women, advocating for LGBTQ+ rights, founding her girl scout troop, and being vocal about women's issues in the LDS church.

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Our Bloggers Recommend: 50 Years of Exponent II on Mormon Stories Podcast!

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Abby Maxwell Hansen

Heather Sundahl and Katie Ludlow Rich spent three hours discussing the past, present and future of Mormon feminism and the Exponent II organization on Mormon Stories this week! Hear their stories about growing up in the LDS church, discovering feminism and how their partnership led to the book 50 Years of Exponent II.

In this podcast interview they cover polygamist suffragists, disempowerment of Mormon women, the founding of Exponent II in the seventies, women’s lib, Ordain Women, and interactions between our organization and church leaders such as L. Tom Perry, Dallin H. Oaks and even Mitt Romney.

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Abby (she/her/hers) has lived in Utah her entire life and is the mom of three kids. Some of her proudest moments include participating with Ordain Women, advocating for LGBTQ+ rights, founding her girl scout troop, and being vocal about women's issues in the LDS church.

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We asked ChatGPT to roast Exponent II, and it came for us

We asked ChatGPT to roast Exponent II for our skit at the Exponent II retreat, and it came for us. "Exponent II: Celebrating 50 years of making patriarchy nervous, but not too nervous. You've got the spirit of Joan of Arc. . . if Joan had to ask permission from the bishop before going into battle."

What Fifty Years of Exponent II Means to Me

Reading Fifty Years of Exponent II, you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll be in a state of wonderment. You. Will. Feel. Rich and Sundahl give a very approachable yet detailed history of how the women in Boston started the then-newspaper and its subsequent successes and challenges to the present day. The book includes a compilation of 103 newspaper, magazine, or blog entries paired with introductions from each editor’s era.
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