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Women Of Character: Profiles Of 100 Prominent LDS Women (2000)

by Susan Easton Black(Favorite Author)

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review 1: My sister-in-law, Janie Thompson, gave me this book for Mother's Day. In her note to me, she wrote, "Who would think this country-gal from Idaho would ever be in a wonderful book like this along with Emma, Lucy Mack, Eliza, and others--all dedicated sisters in the Lord's Restored Gospel." I was pleased that she was recognized for her work with youth in the entertainment field. (After all, she gave me my start, which led to my giving readings all over the world.) I would have liked it, however, if Sheri Dew had been included, but I was impressed that women who might be considered somewhat controversial, such as Juanita Brooks, author of "The Mountain Meadows Massacre," were covered.
review 2: Whew! Finally finished reading this book for the second time becaus... moree I wanted to go back and take some notes. Here's what I found:Out of the 100 profiles55 of the featured women are now deadonly 11 of the featured women were born after 1960number of women whose only claim to fame was the arts or writing-too many!number of women who became CEO of a company-zero!number of women who served a term as governor or senator of their state-Olene Walker-though "good old boys club of Utah" will never admit it.number of women who never married-8 Of which only 4-Liriel Domiciano, Mary Ellen Edmunds, Anne Perry, and Janie Thompson are still alive.The absence of Sheri Dew was troubling. Why didn't she make the cut? While Eliza R. Snow, who is one of my personal heroes, could be a never-married "honorable mention" I know for a fact she was a plural wife to both Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. Too bad polygamy is such a dirty word such a courageous and honorable woman is shut out from her story getting told properly.Very interesting read and despite the lack of prominent women born in this century I enjoyed learning new things such as that Anita Stansfield struggles with self-esteem issues and that the wife of church president John Taylor was 36 when she married him and he was 25! less

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