Women and Mormonism - Women in Mormon Fundamentalist groups

The status of women in Mormonism has been a source of public debate beginning prior to the death of Joseph Smith, Jr. in 1844. Various denominations within the Latter Day Saint movement have taken different paths on the subject of women and their role in the church and in society—views ranging from the full equal status and ordination of women to the priesthood as practiced by the Community of Christ, to the Catholic-like patriarchal system practiced by the modern Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to the ultra-patr ...

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• Women and Mormonism - Women in early Mormonism
• Women and Mormonism - Women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Women and Mormonism - Frontier women in 19th century Utah
• Women and Mormonism - The LDS Church and modern feminism
• Women and Mormonism - Women in the Community of Christ
• Women and Mormonism - Women in Mormon Fundamentalist groups

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The status of women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been a source of public debate beginning in the 19th century, when the church clashed with the federal government over its practice of polygyny. Despite the legal and cultural issues related to plural marriage, 19th century women played a significant public leadership role in Latter-day Saint culture, politics, and even doctrine. Indeed, some critics view the role of women in the 19th century Church as the zenith of women's institutional and leadership participation in the church hierarchy. ...

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Women and Mormonism, Women and Mormonism - Women in early Mormonism, Women and Mormonism - Women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Women and Mormonism - Frontier women in 19th century Utah, Women and Mormonism - The LDS Church and modern feminism, Women and Mormonism - Women in the Community of Christ, Women and Mormonism - Women in Mormon Fundamentalist groups

Read more here: » Women and Mormonism: Encyclopedia II - Women and Mormonism - Women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The status of women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been a source of public debate beginning in the 19th century, when the church clashed with the federal government over its practice of polygyny. Despite polygyny, 19th century women played a significant public leadership role in Latter-day Saint culture, politics, and even doctrine. Indeed, some critics view the role of women in the 19th century Church as the zenith of women's institutional and leadership participation in the church hierarchy. ...

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Women and Mormonism, Women and Mormonism - Women in early Mormonism, Women and Mormonism - Women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Women and Mormonism - Frontier women in 19th century Utah, Women and Mormonism - The LDS Church and modern feminism, Women and Mormonism - Women in the Community of Christ, Women and Mormonism - Women in Mormon Fundamentalist groups

Read more here: » Women and Mormonism: Encyclopedia II - Women and Mormonism - Women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

For its time, early Mormonism had a relatively liberating stance toward women. The religion owed some of its outlook toward women to the proto-feminism that accompanied the Second Great Awakening of 19th century New England. In that era, a number of notable women were given significant leadership roles in matters of religion. Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, lived in and abided by a male-centered world; most of the early founding events of Mormonism involved only men. However, a number of women had significant ...

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Women and Mormonism, Women and Mormonism - Women in early Mormonism, Women and Mormonism - Women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Women and Mormonism - Frontier women in 19th century Utah, Women and Mormonism - The LDS Church and modern feminism, Women and Mormonism - Women in the Community of Christ, Women and Mormonism - Women in Mormon Fundamentalist groups

Read more here: » Women and Mormonism: Encyclopedia II - Women and Mormonism - Women in early Mormonism