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However, in the hands of Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, this absorbing aspect of women, faith, family, suffrage, and the early Mormon church becomes a tapestry sewn together by various voices through Ulrich's well-honed skill at analyzing early diaries, notes, letters, poems, albums, and the even quilts of members of the LDS faith (primarily women) from the beginning of the LDS church through 1870 (the year women's suffrage passed in the territory of Utah*).įor those who are unfamiliar with Ulrich, she was the one who made famous the phrase: "well-behaved women seldom make history". It is complex, fluid, and sometimes appears contradictory. That conflict, or apparent conflict, between early Mormon feminism and polygamy is a rich and fascinating territory. Wells, a Mormon apostle and later mayor of Salt Lake City. She advocated for a woman's right to vote and edited the Women's Exponent in 1872. Wells was both a strong Mormon, a writer, and an early feminist and suffragette. The reason we felt strongly about using that name was Emmeline B. Wells, the 5th president of the Mormon Church's relief society. My wife and I named our only daughter Emmeline after Emmeline B.
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