A faded legacy : Amy Brown Lyman and Mormon women's activism, 1872-1959 / Dave Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hall, Dave, 1957- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lyman, Amy Brown.

Relief Society (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)--Biography.

Relief Society (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints).

Relief Society (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)--History.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Charities--History.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Latter Day Saint women--United States--Biography.

Latter Day Saint women.

Social reformers--United States--Biography.

Social reformers.

Latter Day Saint women--United States--History.

Latter Day Saint churches--Charities--History.

Latter Day Saint churches.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (315 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, photographs

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, [Utah] : The University of Utah Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

To her contemporaries Amy Brown Lyman was a leader, admired for her dynamic personality, her inspiring public addresses, and especially for her remarkable vision of what Mormon women in the Relief Society could achieve.Yet today her name is barely known.

Contents:

Mormon women in an American context

A Mormon girlhood

Wider worlds

Reinventing the Relief Society

A revolution in church charity

Saving mothers and children

Trying to hold on during the great depression

Mission interlude

A presidency pushing against new limits

A faded legacy.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-60781-454-4

OCLC:

966763133