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Our Foremothers' Offering Of Salvation, Taylor Johnston
Our Foremothers' Offering Of Salvation, Taylor Johnston
AWE (A Woman’s Experience)
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Eve The Ezer: Minerva Teichert Award Winner 2021, Kayla Becknuss
Eve The Ezer: Minerva Teichert Award Winner 2021, Kayla Becknuss
AWE (A Woman’s Experience)
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Like Her, Kayla Bach
"Yet I Must Submit": Mormon Women's Perspectives On Death And Dying 1847-1900, Julie Paige Hemming Savage
"Yet I Must Submit": Mormon Women's Perspectives On Death And Dying 1847-1900, Julie Paige Hemming Savage
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis explores Mormon women's experiences with death as revealed in their personal writings from 1847-1900. The study includes an examination of women's involvement in caring for the sick and tending to the dead, as well as an exploration of women's personal reactions to death. A careful reading of Mormon women's writings from this period reveals that Mormonism equipped believers with powerful doctrines and rituals which helped women cope with the sorrow and profound grief that accompanied the deaths of those they loved. In addition, members living in Mormon communities rendered invaluable physical, emotional, and spiritual support to each other …