Mormon women
Who’s not watching Mormon General Conference
By Jana Riess — November 7, 2017
The typical Mormon General Conference viewer is a church-going, older, white, college-educated Republican living in Utah—not surprisingly the exact type of person most likely to be seen on the TV screen during Conference sessions.
Dear Mormon men, please stop calling your wives angels
By Jana Riess — March 24, 2017
Women are not inherently more spiritual than men, says guest blogger Mette Harrison. So why all the "angel wives" comments from Mormon church leaders?
Mormon women have more cosmetic surgery … or not
By Jana Riess — March 17, 2017
It's become a truism that Mormon women have far more cosmetic surgeries than other American women. But this truism isn't actually true.
Mormon women preach — and can they preach!
By Jana Riess — March 6, 2017
Today we talk to historians Kate Holbrook and Jenny Reeder. In celebration of Mormon women's history, their monumental new book looks at the sermons and theological contributions of women. Happy 175th, Relief Society!
Mormon statement officially denounces ‘abusive’ conversion therapy for LGBTs
By Jana Riess — March 17, 2016
Well, hallelujah. This is quite a turnaround for Mormon culture.
Mormon seminary teacher responds to blogger’s 6 ideas for helping teens
By Jana Riess — March 15, 2016
Seminary teacher Doug Christensen admits he's not a gamer and he doesn't Snap Chat -- but that doesn't mean he's oblivious to the needs of the Mormon teenagers he encounters every day.
Mormon feminists mark 40 years of women speaking up and speaking out
By Jana Riess — October 30, 2015
A new book by Joanna Brooks, Hannah Wheelwright and Rachel Hunt Steenblik looks at 40 years of Mormon feminism, showing that the questions being raised now about women in the LDS Church have a long history.
The Mormon modesty wars: No more “slut-shaming,” please
By Jana Riess — September 28, 2015
I see positive signs that we may have turned a corner in the Mormon modesty wars. Pass the root beer, people, and let's celebrate.
Mormon woman launches #EmbraceYourAND social media campaign
By Jana Riess — September 18, 2015
Family or career? These options are too often seen as an either-or proposition by Mormon women, says today's guest blogger. She's launched a social media campaign to show women who are embracing both.
Public radio show looks at Mormon women’s new leadership roles
By Jana Riess — August 31, 2015
NPR's "Interfaith Voices" devotes a segment to the LDS Church's recent announcement of expanded roles for Mormon women leaders, and wonders aloud if change is afoot.
Mormon author says “we just can’t shame women” for not following the wife-and-mother script
By Jana Riess — August 11, 2015
Many Mormon women “have this ideal of who they’re supposed to be in order to be good and to be loved," says author Jamie Zvirzdin. But what happens when they go off script? Enter the new book "Fresh Courage Take."
Mormon leaders announce changes to sacrament meeting: Will they be enough?
By Jana Riess — June 17, 2015
We need to decide, finally, that sacrament meeting is so important to us that we are ready to devote two women and two men to do this, and only this, as their sacred calling in the church.
Mormon Kickstarter campaign places women at “center stage” in LDS history
By Jana Riess — May 28, 2015
Where are the women in LDS church history? Their achievements are recounted as the history of women in the Church, but not as the history of the Church. Ardis Parshall's project aims to change that.
A new Mother’s Day song for Mormons
By Jana Riess — May 8, 2015
A Mormon Primary president wasn't happy last year with the Mother's Day song options, so she gave her chorister an assignment: Go write something better.
Mormon novelist Mette Harrison says her visiting teacher may have saved her life
By Jana Riess — March 12, 2015
"I don’t know if my visiting teacher literally saved my life, but she very well may have," says novelist Mette Ivie Harrison. Now, she gets to return the favor.
