Contents
Introduction vii
1. Polygamous and Monogamous Mormon Women: A Comparison 1
Jessie L. Embry and Lois Kelley
2. Innovation and Accommodation: The Legal Status of Women in Territorial Utah, 1850-1896 36
Lisa Madsen Pearson and Carol Cornwall Madsen
3. Conflict and Contributions: Women in Churches,
1847-1920 82
John Sillito
4. Ethnic Women, 1900-1940 129
Helen Z. Papanikolas
5. The Professionalization of Farm Women, 1890-1940 154
Cynthia Sturgis
6. Gainfully Employed Women, 1896-1950 183
Miriam B. Murphy
7. From Schoolmarm to State Superintendent: The Changing Role of Women in Education, 1847-2004 223
Mary R. Clark and Patricia Lyn Scott
8. Scholarship, Service, and Sisterhood: Women's Clubs and Associations, 1877-1977 249
Jill Mulvay Derr
9. Women of Letters: A Unique Literary Tradition295
Gary Topping
10. Women in the Arts: Evolving Roles and Diverse Expressions 326
Martha Sonntag Bradley-Evans
11. Women in Politics: Power in the Public Sphere362
Kathryn L. MacKay
12. Women's Life Cycles, 1850-1940396
Jessie L. Embry
Suggested Readings 418
Contributors 421
Index 426