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A Lettered History

February 21, 2021

The Woman’s Exponent published many letters. Some were personal correspondence, for instance, Susan B. Anthony’s letters to Emmeline B. Wells. Most were letters to the editor or to readers at large, such as those reprinted here. Letters nearly always made an effort to admonish others or to effect change, as did the letter from Exponent II included here. Petitionary letters are a meaningful tradition for Mormon women. For instance, in April 2013, women were asked to pray in General Conference for the first time after more than 1,600 letters from 300 individuals were sent to church leaders requesting, “Let women […]

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Creating Connection, Finding Peace

November 23, 2020

Editing this feature has changed how I read Exponent II in the sense that I wonder what future readers may think as they read each issue, and what they may know of our time. So, dear future reader, we are over a half-year into the global COVID-19 pandemic, and the end is far from known. It’s the unavoidable reality of everyone alive today, and its impact on daily life has been profound. For me, without recitals to attend, vacations to plan, or even simple traditions like church dinners to look forward to, the days feel repetitive, and that can be […]

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Political Movements and Heroes

August 16, 2020

In 1870 Utah became the second U.S. territory to remove sex as a restriction to the right to vote. Mormon women remained very engaged in the national battle for suffrage. Likewise, Susan B. Anthony showed interest in Utah politics, as seen in this letter published in The Woman’s Exponent in 1899. Anthony refers to the fact that B. H. Roberts, an opponent of suffrage, was elected to the United States Congress (he was never seated due to his practice of polygamy). A lifetime later, a Mormon woman working on Capitol Hill was still unusual enough to merit a profile in […]

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