Comments on: From our exchanges: “Mormon Women’s Biographies of Their Female Forebears” http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2008/07/02/from-our-exchanges-%e2%80%9cmormon-women%e2%80%99s-biographies-of-their-female-forebears%e2%80%9d/ Where our past is never very long ago Fri, 24 May 2013 02:22:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Virtual Oases, July 8 « The Exponent http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2008/07/02/from-our-exchanges-%e2%80%9cmormon-women%e2%80%99s-biographies-of-their-female-forebears%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-1043 Virtual Oases, July 8 « The Exponent Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:24:31 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=82#comment-1043 [...] Article Review: “Turning to the Mothers: Mormon Women’s Biographies of Their Female Forebears and the Mormon Ch… [...]

]]> By: David G. http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2008/07/02/from-our-exchanges-%e2%80%9cmormon-women%e2%80%99s-biographies-of-their-female-forebears%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-865 David G. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:05:07 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=82#comment-865 I love that you’re doing this, Ardis. I had no idea this article existed and it’s definitely something I’ll take a look at.

]]> By: Ray http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2008/07/02/from-our-exchanges-%e2%80%9cmormon-women%e2%80%99s-biographies-of-their-female-forebears%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-819 Ray Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:32:48 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=82#comment-819 “The suggestion here is clear: one can be a worthy LDS woman without living up all the time to the Mormon church’s ideal vision of woman … Writing such a laudatory biography of an ancestor who sometimes lapsed, I believe, permits a contemporary woman to be more tolerant of her own lapses, recognizing – if only subliminally – that a woman does not have to be perfect to be worthy of praise and honor.”

I love this quote, because I think it reflects so well the core foundation of the Gospel – hard work coupled with an understanding that our failures in our efforts to become perfect are less important than the effort itself.

]]> By: Researcher http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2008/07/02/from-our-exchanges-%e2%80%9cmormon-women%e2%80%99s-biographies-of-their-female-forebears%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-783 Researcher Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:02:09 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=82#comment-783 From my experience reading multitudes of family histories, men are just as prone to egregious whitewashing as women.

I guess Swetnam hinted at this in the polygamy discussion.

]]> By: BruceC http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2008/07/02/from-our-exchanges-%e2%80%9cmormon-women%e2%80%99s-biographies-of-their-female-forebears%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-782 BruceC Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:03:46 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=82#comment-782 Yes, interesting. That’s what I meant.

]]> By: Edje http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2008/07/02/from-our-exchanges-%e2%80%9cmormon-women%e2%80%99s-biographies-of-their-female-forebears%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-781 Edje Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:29:38 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=82#comment-781 Interesting.

]]> By: BruceC http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2008/07/02/from-our-exchanges-%e2%80%9cmormon-women%e2%80%99s-biographies-of-their-female-forebears%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-780 BruceC Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:01:04 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=82#comment-780 I will definitely look up this article. I have been finding exactly what you described in the biographies of my ancestors. Not just the exclusion of less than uplifting character traits I knew were there from other sources, but also the inclusion traits seen as virtues. For example Mary Curtis was well known for her hospitality, her integrity (when she sold her butter, it was always overweight) her cooking (buttermilk biscuits specifically) and her always clean packed earth floor.” While I find it far more intersting that she lied to her children (and perhaps her husband) about how old she was when she got married.

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