Item Detail
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29247
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English
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The Role of Susa Young Gates and Leah Dunford Widtsoe in the Historical Development of the Priesthood/Motherhood Model
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Journal of Mormon History
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April 2018
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44
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2
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Champaign, IL
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University of Illinois Press; Mormon History Association
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104-139
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[2019 Mormon History Association Winner for Best Article in Mormon Women's History]
"The manifestos of 1890 and 1904 ended the sanctioned practice of plural marriage among Latter-day Saints and opened the way for a new theological understanding of marriage as a romantic partnership between one man and one woman. At the same time, nineteenth-century Mormons who had been devoted to building up the kingdom of God through economic and social communitarianism were beginning to embrace social ideals taking hold in mainstream America, such as individual initiative, scientific thinking, and administrative efficiency. The multifaceted understanding of priesthood common among early Mormons was narrowing to an emphasis on priesthood office for men while campaigns for women's suffrage were focusing the nation's attention on rights for women. In the midst of such shifting attitudes toward marriage, priesthood, and women's equality, mother and daughter Susa Young Gates and Leah Dunford Widtsoe searched for ways to clarify their own identities..."[From the text]
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