Women in Utah History: Paradigm or Paradox?

A project of the Utah Women's History Association and co-edited by Patricia Lyn Scott (Records Section Analysis Manager, Utah State Archives) and Linda Thatcher (Historic Collections Coordinator, Utah State Historical Society), Women In Utah History: Paradigm Or Paradox? is a compilation of impressive contributions reflecting seminal, groundbreaking scholarship of the highest order. Included are Polygamous and Monogamous Mormon Women: A Comparison (Jessie L. Embry and Lois Kelley); Innovation and Accommodation: The Legal Status of Women in Territorial Utah, 1850-1896 (Lisa Madsen Pearson and Carol Cornwall Madsen); Conflict and Contributions: Women in Churches, 1847-1920 (John Sillito); Ethnic Women, 1900-1940 (Helen Z. Papanikolas); The Professionalization of Farm Women, 1890-1940 (Cynthia Sturgis); Gainfully Employed Women, 1896-1950 (Miriam B. Murphy); From Schoolmarm to State Superintendent: The Changing Role of Women in Education, 1847- 2004 (Mary Clark and Patricia Lyn Scott (Scholarship, Service, and Sisterhood: Women's Clubs and Associations, 1877-1977 (Jill Mulvay Derr); Women of Letters: A Unique Literary Tradition (Gary Topping); Women in the Arts: Evolving Roles and Diverse Expressions (Martha Sonntage Bradley-Evans); Women in Politics: Power in the Public Sphere (Kathryn L. MacKay); and Women's Life Cycles 1850-1940 (Jessie L. Embry). An invaluable contribution to Women's Studies and American History reference collections and supplemental reading lists, Women In Utah History would well serve as a template for similar scholarly compilations with respect to the diverse contributions of women in the history of other states and regions of the country.