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From Housewife to Heretic
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| Title | From Housewife to Heretic |
| ASIN | 1877617016 -
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| Category | Autobiography |
| Contributor | 411 Name Removed |
| Last Modified | 411 Name Removed - July 20, 2004 05:29am |
| Description | This book is somewhat dated now, as the Church has gotten a little more "PC" over the years, but it still offers some interesting insights into the Mormon woman experience. It's quite readable, and her story is compelling. However, it is one-sided, to say the very least, and not a totally accurate picture of the LDS Church's part in the ERA opposition or its attitudes toward women in general. It's an anecdotal history, told from her perspective. She describes some pretty clueless and condescending (male) church leaders, who are totally believable characters as far as I'm concerned, but not as representative of LDS men as she'd have you believe. (Yes, even the old-fashioned ones.) I also suspected a few "spins," such as when she laments having her temple recommend confiscated; she claims to have been planning to attend the temple the following morning to get spiritual strength for her church court. She may have been planning to attend the temple, but I strongly doubt that it was to get spiritual strength from an ordinance ceremony that is not exactly silent on the issue of defined gender roles!
This is a good book to read as a supplement to other historical accounts of the Mormon/ERA controversy. Sonia Johnson's personal experience lends color and humanity to the story. To be enlightening, however, it needs to be kept in perspective. Read it in conjunction with books by authors who are less biased--or at least biased in a different direction. |
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