Making History

Posted on March 10, 2008. Filed under: history, women | Tags: , , , , , , , |

A few weeks ago I recorded an interview with Exponent II founder Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. She read some passages from her latest book, Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History and she answered my questions about historical writing and research. You can listen to the first and second segment of our chat via the Making [...]

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Photo Feature Friday: Masai Girl by Linda Hoffman Kimball

Posted on January 19, 2008. Filed under: Mormon women, photo | Tags: , , , , , , |

Maasai girl Feb. 2007, originally uploaded by aspenhof.
In February, 2007, I went with a Wellesley Alumnae group to Africa to focus on “Modern and Traditional Women in Tanzania” with a follow-up few days of animal viewing in the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater. We visited an AIDS hospital and visited with some of [...]

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Podcast: Exponent II Founder Claudia Bushman

Posted on June 19, 2007. Filed under: Family, Mormon Life, Mormon women, feminism | Tags: , , , , , |

Mormon Stories Interview with Claudia Bushman
I tune into podcasts while I’m doing housework as it helps me to keep my mind active as I engage in the mundane chores of caring for our family’s home. My housework/podcast-listening habit seemed particularly apropos this afternoon as I tuned in to the recent MormonStories interview with Claudia [...]

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Paper-less?

Posted on August 18, 2006. Filed under: history | Tags: , , , , |

Am I the only one who is quietly mourning the transition of Exponent II from print to web?
My awakening as a young Mormon feminist came from the stack of yellowed X2s that my Mom gifted to me when I entered college. Another favorite treasure is the box of old Dialogues that sit in my [...]

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Exponent Bloggers at Sunstone West

Posted on April 12, 2006. Filed under: announcements, feminism | Tags: , , , |

April 22, 5-6:30 pm, Claremont Graduate University
Several of us (including jana, brookewill, caroline, dora and amelia) will be speaking in a panel discussion at Sunstone West next weekend. We would love to have you join us for this session!
Take a look at the preliminary program and pre-register.
Our session will be just before the dinner break. [...]

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