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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The Facebook of the 19th Century

Posted on January 13, 2008. Filed under: Mormon Life, announcements, feminism, history, women | Tags: , , , , |

Announcements:
If you check the sidebar, you will see links to the Exponent II group on flickr, a photo sharing group, and on Facebook, a social networking site. If you use either of these applications, I hope you will join our groups. While I believe that blogging is still the best way for us [...]

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A Visit to Seneca Falls

Posted on August 31, 2006. Filed under: feminism | Tags: , , , , , |

Standing in an open air chapel, with only two brick walls and remnants of a wood roof left as evidence of its existence, I had a profound feeling that I was on sacred ground. I was overcome with gratitude for the powerful women, who here, at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York, [...]

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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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The Exponent II blog begins!

Posted on January 6, 2006. Filed under: announcements | Tags: , , , |

Welcome to the Exponent II blog. We have begun this blog in an effort to support the Exponent II magazine, which for years has provided a forum for Mormon women to openly and compassionately share their diverse experiences with each other. Begun in 1974 in the midst of the Women’s Movement, this independent Mormon women’s [...]

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