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Additional Topics

The following are additional topic areas related to Gender & Women's Issues. If there is a bracket number after the topic, that number indicates how many actual articles there are related to that subject. If the link for the topic is not live, it simply means the topic is a 'planned area' for future growth.

FAIR Resources

These links are either to Web pages hosted on the FAIR Website, or to FAIR Papers. FAIR Papers are short articles about specific topics or questions, written by members of FAIR. These articles can be downloaded and read in PDF format and are intended to be distributed by e-mail or print for the general use of our patrons. (To read FAIR Papers you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader. It can be downloaded free from the Adobe Web site.) Click on a title below to visit a FAIR Web page or to read the latest version of a FAIR Paper.

Claudia Bushman, "The Lives of Mormon Women," (Mesa, Arizona: FAIR, 2006 FAIR Conference) Claudia Bushman tackles several women's issues such as feminism, religious roles, education, and more.

Andrea G. Radke, "The Place of Mormon Women: Perceptions, Prozac, Polygamy, Priesthood, Patriarchy, and Peace," (Mesa, Arizona: FAIR, August 2004) Radke's essay was presented at the 2004 FAIR Conference and deals with a variety of issues involving LDS Women and their roles, place, and attitudes in the LDS Church.

Encyclopedia of Mormonism

The resources listed below are articles available in the Encyclopedia of Mormonism. These links are to information not located on the FAIR Web site.

Martha Nibley Beck, Barbara B. Smith and Shirley W. Thomas; "Women, Roles of," Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Edited by Daniel H. Ludlow (New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1992), 1574-1577

Patricia Terry Holland, "Motherhood," Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Edited by Daniel H. Ludlow (New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1992), 962-963

Camille S. Williams, "Women in the Book of Mormon," JBMS 11:1 (Provo, UT: FARMS, 2002) Camille Williams explorers the question of why so few women are mentioned in the Book of Mormon. She sets this matter against the wider backdrop of feminist studies on the Bible and, from a woman's point of view, offers compelling observations why the Book of Mormon can and does speak relevantly and spiritually to women.

Ensign Articles

These articles cited below provide information on the topic of this page. The Ensign is one of the official publications of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. When you click on one of the article links below, you are whisked to the article found in the archives of the Church's Web site.

"Frequently Asked Questions about the Proposed Equal Rights Amendment: A Closer Look," Ensign, March 1980, 5.

"Summary Questions and Answers," Ensign, March 1980, 2. Questions and answers about the Equal Rights Amendments.

"The Church and the Proposed Equal Rights Amendment: A Moral Issue," Ensign, March 1980, 1.

"The Latter-day Saint Perspective," Ensign, March 1980, 19. More on the Equal Rights Amendment.

Mary Ellen Edmunds, "I have been taught that the highest purpose in life for women is to be wives and mothers. If that is true, what is the purpose or the worth of my life as a single woman?," Ensign, August 1990, 51.

Daniel H. Ludlow, "Could you explain the meaning and use of the term 'prophetess' as it's used in the Bible?," Ensign, December 1980, 31.

Visiting Teaching Message, "Understanding Our Divine Nature," Ensign, January 2002, 67. Discusses the Church View on Women

Thomas S. Monson, "The Women's Movement: Liberation or Deception?," Ensign, January 1971, 17.

Russell M. Nelson, "Woman--Of Infinite Worth," Ensign, November 1989, 20.

Boyd K. Packer, "The Equal Rights Amendment," Ensign, March 1977, 6.

Marian Pond, "Loving the Role I Once Shunned," Ensign, October 2000, 59. As a young woman, I thought I knew what I wanted out of life. Then I joined the Church and found an even richer purpose.

Carolyn J. Rasmus, "Mormon Women: A Convert's Perspective," Ensign, August 1980, 68.

Other Resources

The resources listed below are related items available on the Web that should be of interest. These links are to information not located on the FAIR Web site.

"Women in the Book of Mormon," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies (Provo: FARMS, 2002), 66-79 Why aren't women mentioned very often in the Book of Mormon?

"Women in the Book of Mormon," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies (Provo: FARMS, 2002), 66-79

Jill Mulvay Derr, "Woman's Place in Brigham Young's World," BYU Studies (1978), 1-19 To critics, Brigham Young has appeared at as a "despot with a harem" who trampled the rights of women. Derr, however, demonstrates that Brigham Young promoted women's growth through organizational involvement -- such as the Relief Society.

Camille Fronk, "Deseret Epiphany: Sariah and the Women in 1 Nephi," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies (Provo: FARMS, 2000), 4-15 True to ancient customs, women are mentioned only infrquently in the Book of Mormon. Fronk examins how Sariah and other Lehite women might have experienced their flight into the wilderness.