057: Women in the LDS Church Part 3: An Interivew with Dr. Claudia L. Bushman

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 19 October 2007

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Today it is time to hear from one of the foremost voices on Women's Issues within Mormonism: Dr. Claudia Bushman. Dr. Bushman is a historian by training, and has taught at Columbia University for many years. She is the author of several books and articles, including:"Mormon Sisters: Women of Early Utah" and"Mormon Domestic Life in the 1870s: Pandemonium or Acadia". Perhaps most significantly, Dr. Bushman is one of the founders of Exponent II, a Boston-based magazine and now blog focused on feminism and women's issues within Mormonism. In this interview with Dr. Bushman, we learn what she means when she describes herself as a Mormon Feminist. She also recounts her involvement in the formation of Exponent II, as well as in the broader area of women's issues in the LDS church. To conclude, Dr. Bushman discusses her views on the critical role of women in the church today -- and how we, as a church, might work to better accommodate, and better utilize women in the 21st century.

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1:30.0	America. Today it is time to hear from one of the foremost voices on women's issues within
1:36.6	Mormonism, Dr. Claudia L. Bushman. Dr. Bushman is a historian by training and is taught at Columbia
1:44.2	University for many years. She is the author of several books and articles including Mormon
1:50.3	Sisters, Women of Early Utah, Mormon Domestic Life in the 1870s, Pandemonium or Acadia, and
1:58.0	two books which she co-authored with her husband, Dr. Richard Bushman, those being Mormons
2:03.5	in America and building the kingdom a history of Mormons in America. Perhaps most significantly,
2:10.2	Dr. Bushman is one of the founders of Exponent 2, a Boston-based magazine and now blog focused
2:17.4	on feminism and women's issues within Mormonism. She is also one of the early contributors to
2:23.2	dialogue a journal of Mormon thought regarding Mormon women's issues. Claudia and Richard are
2:29.3	also the proud parents of four sons and two daughters. In this interview with Dr. Bushman, we learn
2:35.8	what she means when she describes herself as a Mormon feminist. She also recounts her involvement
2:42.4	in the formation of Exponent 2, as well as in the broader area of women's studies in the
2:48.3	LDS Church. To conclude, Dr. Bushman discusses her views on the critical role of women in the
2:54.6	Church today and how we might work better to accommodate and even better utilize women within
3:01.0	the LDS Church in the 21st century. I would also like to express my deep gratitude to Melissa
3:06.6	Waitsing in Oay, who conducted this interview for Mormon Stories podcast. Melissa is completing her
3:13.3	PhD at Harvard University and specializes in the history of China's Christian communities. And now,
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