Women and Authority: Re-emerging Mormon FeminismMaxine Hanks Signature Books, 1992 - 460 Seiten Utah women today might be surprised to learn their grandmothers' views on feminist issues, according to Maxine Hanks. LDS Relief Society co-founder Sarah Kimball referred to herself as "a woman's rights woman, " while Bathsheba Smith was called on Relief Society mission in 1870 to preach equal rights for women. The society editorialized that females belonged not only "in the nursery" but also "in the library, the laboratory, the observatory." Sisters sent east to study medicine were assured that "when men see that women can exist without them, it will perhaps take a little of the conceit out of some of them." Temple officiators were called "priestesses, " Eliza R. Snow the "prophetess, " and women were discouraged from confessing to bishops on grounds that personal matters "should be referred to the Relief Society president and her counselors." Women were set apart as healers "with power to rebuke diseases." In addition, Mormon theology spoke reassuringly of a Mother God of the divinity of Mary, Mary Magdalene, and Eve. No wonder Relief Society president Emmeline B. Wells could write with confidence: "Let woman speak for herself; she has the right of freedom of speech. Women are too slow in moving forward, afraid of criticism, of being called unwomanly, of being thought masculine." |
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... administer in that way in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ but not by authority of the priesthood invested in them for that authority is not given to woman . Mary Ellen concluded with the kind of argument that would calm women's ...
... administer to the sick " in their respective families . " This raised another question : What about administering to those of the same sex outside the family circle ? The practice of calling for the elders or for the sisters had been ...
... administer . 4. Have the sisters the right to administer to sick children ? Answer : Yes ; they have the same right to administer to sick chil- dren as to adults , and may anoint and lay hands upon them in faith . 5. Should the ...
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The Mormon Concept of a Mother in Heaven | 3 |
The Historical Relationship of Mormon Women | 23 |
Empowerment and Mormon Womens | 49 |
Urheberrecht | |
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