Ordain Women on the Ask Mormon Girl Blog
Joanna Brooks considers the Ordain Women movement and contemplates what priesthood is and whether Mormon women have it:...
View ArticleOrdain Women on the Doves & Serpents Blog
Brent Beal turns the gender-role arguments against female ordination on their heads (and gives Ordain Women a shout-out): http://www.dovesandserpents.org/wp/2013/04/on-men-and-heavy-lifting/ The post...
View ArticleOrdain Women Submits Ticket Request to the Priesthood Session
Debra Jenson is married with three children. She has served in ward Primary, Young Women, and Relief Society Presidencies and is an active member of the LDS Church. She is completing a PhD in...
View ArticleThis is not precipitous: we’ve been talking about ordination for over 30 years
Lorie Winder is one of the organizers of Ordain Women. She has an MA from BYU and is the former managing editor of the Journal of Modern History, the former associate editor of Sunstone, and the...
View ArticlePress Release: LDS Women Seeking Priesthood Ordination Will Try to Attend...
Ordain Women has received an official response to our request for tickets, and has issued the following response as a general press release. The Church’s response is included below the text of the...
View ArticleOrdain Women Conference Weekend Schedule
Schedule Friday, Oct. 4 Participant Training: 7:00–9:00 pm, University of Utah, 1945 LNCO (Language and Communication building, just south of the Ray Olpin University Union building) If you plan to...
View ArticleOrdain Women Profile Pics
You may have seen some of the Ordain Women organizers on Facebook and Twitter sporting profile photos emblazoned with OrdainWomen.org. This is a great way for you to show your support and start a...
View ArticleA Reason to Stay
Lindsey grew up in Aurora, Colorado with her three sisters. She graduated from BYU and now lives in Dallas Texas with her husband and two little girls. She has a profile on Ordain Women. I will not be...
View ArticleKeeping My Covenants By Supporting Ordain Women
Edward Jones III is an attorney and amateur musician living in Salt Lake City. He returned to activity in the Mormon church in 2012 after ten years away and is excited by the increasingly visible...
View ArticleOrdain Women Priesthood Session Event Information
[Ed. Last night, we held a training meeting for those participating in tonight’s event. The information below was given out at that meeting and is posted here for those who couldn’t attend or who need...
View ArticleRaised a Mormon Feminist
S. Mark Barnes is an attorney and a university law and economics instructor. He served a mission in Fukuoka, Japan. He comes from Mormon feminist stock, and is a committed supporter of Ordain Women....
View ArticleLessons Learned by a Male Ally
S. Mark Barnes is an attorney and a university law and economics instructor. He served a mission in Fukuoka, Japan. He comes from Mormon feminist stock, and is a committed supporter of Ordain Women....
View ArticleReflections on Oct 5th
[Today on the blog, we are sharing reflections from participants in the Oct. 5th action. If you have an experience, either as a participant, that you’d like us to consider for the blog, please contact...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Oct 5th Participants
Nancy Ross teaches art history at a state university in Utah. She’s held a number of callings, including Relief Society pianist, cub scout leader, Early Morning Seminary teacher, and activity days...
View ArticleThe Ordain Women October 5, 2013 Priesthood Session Action: My Experience
Lori has an MBA from BYU and teaches French, German and Latin at a public residential high school for the gifted. Her familial roots are in the Deep South, where she lives with her Yankee husband...
View Article‘Tis better to be guilty and penitent than innocent?
Author’s Note: I wrote this post before Kate Kelly received a recent letter from her former Stake President, Scott M. Wheatley, outlining why he has chosen to deny her appeal of her excommunication. I...
View Article“As your father and mother place their hands on your head.”
When I was 10 years old, I went with my father to inspect an old house he was considering renting to use as an LDS Church meetinghouse. It had been unoccupied, and I remember stepping through an...
View Article“I do more than just dream.”
I am the eldest of five girls, and even as a young child, I was aware—each time a new sister was born—of people wondering if my parents would keep trying until they “got it right” (i.e., had a boy)....
View Article“What I discovered about our pioneer foremothers surprised me.”
For as long as I can remember, I have been told how to be a woman: my hair is my crowning glory, I am to serve and revere my husband (having a husband is the only option to be complete), meekness is...
View Article“They’ll brave the world side by side.”
Pastels and primary colors mix, mingle, and collide in our crowded toy room. Intricate villages combine blocks and Barbies, and it’s difficult to determine where Pet Shop animals end and Match Box...
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