Comments on: The Writings of Nature’s Fair Queens http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-writings-of-natures-fair-queens/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:20:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Justin http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-writings-of-natures-fair-queens/comment-page-1/#comment-2265 Justin Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:56:00 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-writings-of-natures-fair-queens/#comment-2265 Carol Cornwall Madsen's bio on Emmeline B. Wells is one work that comes to mind here. Carol Cornwall Madsen’s bio on Emmeline B. Wells is one work that comes to mind here.

]]> By: Bored in Vernal http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-writings-of-natures-fair-queens/comment-page-1/#comment-2251 Bored in Vernal Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:43:05 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-writings-of-natures-fair-queens/#comment-2251 I wouldn't be surprised if there was some work on the defense of plural marriage in connection with the Exponent. That is an aspect that quite interests me, as well as the gender roles David mentions. If anyone finds anything along these lines, let me know! I wouldn’t be surprised if there was some work on the defense of plural marriage in connection with the Exponent. That is an aspect that quite interests me, as well as the gender roles David mentions. If anyone finds anything along these lines, let me know!

]]> By: Christopher http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-writings-of-natures-fair-queens/comment-page-1/#comment-2229 Christopher Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:15:37 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-writings-of-natures-fair-queens/#comment-2229 Thanks for this post, BiV. Even with the excellent work already done on Mormon women (including what you cite above), the subject is still one with much work to be done. Thanks for this post, BiV. Even with the excellent work already done on Mormon women (including what you cite above), the subject is still one with much work to be done.

]]> By: David G. http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-writings-of-natures-fair-queens/comment-page-1/#comment-2228 David G. Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:15:00 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-writings-of-natures-fair-queens/#comment-2228 Thanks for the clarification on Greene. So it seems that there is a lot of lit on women's suffrage, which isn't surprising. But I wonder how much there is on the Exponent in terms of gender roles, etc, outside of suffrage. Thanks for the clarification on Greene. So it seems that there is a lot of lit on women’s suffrage, which isn’t surprising. But I wonder how much there is on the Exponent in terms of gender roles, etc, outside of suffrage.

]]> By: Bored in Vernal http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-writings-of-natures-fair-queens/comment-page-1/#comment-2225 Bored in Vernal Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:53:02 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-writings-of-natures-fair-queens/#comment-2225 Hmm, there is a book edited by Carol Cornwall Madsen, _ Battle for the Ballot: Essays on Woman Suffrage in Utah, 1870-1896_ which contains essays by Madsen, Jill Mulvay Derr, Tom Alexander, Maureen Ursenbach Beecher, Lola Van Wagenen, & others and often cites the Exponent. An essay by Tarla Rai Peterson "The Woman's Exponent, 1872-1914 Champion for "The Rights of the Women of Zion, and the Rights of the Women of All Nations" in _A Voice of Their Own: The Woman Suffrage Press, 1840-1910_. I haven't read this, but it looks interesting. There are other things related to Women's Suffrage which deal with the Exponent. I'll have to look them up. FYI--(from Wikipedia) The original editor was Louisa L. Greene, who accepted the position with the approval of her great uncle—Brigham Young. She was succeeded as chief editor by Emmeline B. Wells, later president of the Relief Society, in 1877. Wells served as the publication's editor for 37 years. Facing increasing financial pressures in the early 1900s, Wells unsuccessfully lobbied the Relief Society General Board to adopt The Exponent as its official publication. With their rejection, the paper was forced to close in 1914. The Relief Society Magazine, a separate publication, began publication in January 1915. (so the "Learn to Keep House" poem got in under Greene :) ) Hmm, there is a book edited by Carol Cornwall Madsen, _ Battle for the Ballot: Essays on Woman Suffrage in Utah, 1870-1896_ which contains essays by Madsen, Jill Mulvay Derr, Tom Alexander, Maureen Ursenbach Beecher, Lola Van Wagenen, & others and often cites the Exponent.

An essay by Tarla Rai Peterson “The Woman’s Exponent, 1872-1914 Champion for “The Rights of the Women of Zion, and the Rights of the Women of
All Nations” in _A Voice of Their Own: The Woman Suffrage Press, 1840-1910_. I haven’t read this, but it looks interesting.

There are other things related to Women’s Suffrage which deal with the Exponent. I’ll have to look them up.

FYI–(from Wikipedia) The original editor was Louisa L. Greene, who accepted the position with the approval of her great uncle—Brigham Young. She was succeeded as chief editor by Emmeline B. Wells, later president of the Relief Society, in 1877. Wells served as the publication’s editor for 37 years. Facing increasing financial pressures in the early 1900s, Wells unsuccessfully lobbied the Relief Society General Board to adopt The Exponent as its official publication. With their rejection, the paper was forced to close in 1914. The Relief Society Magazine, a separate publication, began publication in January 1915.

(so the “Learn to Keep House” poem got in under Greene :) )

]]> By: David G. http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-writings-of-natures-fair-queens/comment-page-1/#comment-2223 David G. Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:19:44 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-writings-of-natures-fair-queens/#comment-2223 BiV: Thanks for opening up my view a bit. I'm aware of Claudia Bushman's piece on the <em>Exponent</em>, but what else is there? Seems like a great topic for an article. BiV: Thanks for opening up my view a bit. I’m aware of Claudia Bushman’s piece on the Exponent, but what else is there? Seems like a great topic for an article.

]]> By: Bored in Vernal http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-writings-of-natures-fair-queens/comment-page-1/#comment-2221 Bored in Vernal Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:01:29 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-writings-of-natures-fair-queens/#comment-2221 Not a satire. There's a large variety in the tone of the poems published. One, entitled, "Questionings," by Lu Dalton includes this verse: <blockquote>May we no longer touch His garment’s hem Without a brother’s hand outstretched between? Will his life-giving voice but quicken them And leave us sleeping till THEY break our dream? Is servitude our everlasting doom? E’en high as man’s hopes may we not aspire? Because we sit here in the lowest room, Will Christ ne’er call us, “Daughter, come up higher?”</blockquote> Which seems to me more representative of the tone of the Women's Exponent as a whole. But there are plenty of poems like the one in my post. I guess the editors were comfortable with a free representation of the different strains of thought among the sisters. Not a satire. There’s a large variety in the tone of the poems published. One, entitled, “Questionings,” by Lu Dalton includes this verse:

May we no longer touch His garment’s hem
Without a brother’s hand outstretched between?
Will his life-giving voice but quicken them
And leave us sleeping till THEY break our dream?
Is servitude our everlasting doom?
E’en high as man’s hopes may we not aspire?
Because we sit here in the lowest room,
Will Christ ne’er call us, “Daughter, come up higher?”

Which seems to me more representative of the tone of the Women’s Exponent as a whole. But there are plenty of poems like the one in my post. I guess the editors were comfortable with a free representation of the different strains of thought among the sisters.

]]> By: David G. http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-writings-of-natures-fair-queens/comment-page-1/#comment-2216 David G. Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:11:54 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-writings-of-natures-fair-queens/#comment-2216 BiV: Thanks for these excerpts. I think that they do reveal the tensions surrounding life for women, perhaps both then and now. I've got to imagine that the poem is a satire, given that even if EBW did not author it, she at least approved it's publication. I doubt that she'd be advising her readers to learn to keep house rather than seeking education and learning to have a voice of their own. BiV: Thanks for these excerpts. I think that they do reveal the tensions surrounding life for women, perhaps both then and now. I’ve got to imagine that the poem is a satire, given that even if EBW did not author it, she at least approved it’s publication. I doubt that she’d be advising her readers to learn to keep house rather than seeking education and learning to have a voice of their own.

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