Exponent II administrative records, 1970s-2010
Scope and Contents
Contains Exponent II’s administrative records, including minutes from 1974 to 2010, articles and by-laws, financial and tax records, subscription documents, staff job descriptions, photographs and scrapbooks, design templates, notes, contributor and editor guidelines, and papers special events and various other aspects of the organization. Also contains topical files on Lavina Fielding Anderson, Sonia Johnson, the United States Equal Rights Amendment, and a topical file on various other significant issues affecting women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The series also contains a large amount of returned readership surveys from the 1980s, and several computer printouts of various subscriber mailing lists. Materials dated 1966-2010.
Dates
- Creation: 1970s-2010
Creator
- Mormon Sisters, Inc. (contributor, Organization)
- Exponent II (creator, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Please direct any questions to Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.
Biographical / Historical
Mormon Sisters, Inc. is a group of Latter-day Saint women who incorporated to become a non-profit corporation to obtain bulk mailing rates for Exponent II. It grew out of meetings held by Latter-day Saint women in the greater Boston area starting about 1969 to 1970. These women were inspired by the "Woman's Exponent" which was published from 1872 to 1914. They decided to create a new publication for Latter-day Saint women along similar lines. Contributions were invited, covering a wide range of topics, news articles, short essays, poetry, suggestions, and letters to the editor. The publication started in July of 1974. Soon after, they changed their official incorporated name to Exponent II.
Biographical / Historical
Exponent II was originally established under the name Mormon Sisters Inc, in 1974. It grew out of meetings held by Latter-day Saint women in the greater Boston area starting about 1969-1970. These women were inspired by the "Woman's Exponent" which was published from 1872 to 1914. They decided to create a new publication for Latter-day Saint women along similar lines. Contributions were invited covering a wide range of topics, news articles, short essays, poetry, suggestions, and letters to the editor. The publication started in July of 1974. Official founders included Claudia Bushman, Carrel Hilton Sheldon, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Judy Dushku, Sue Booth-Forbes and others. Soon after, the official incorporated name was changed to Exponent II. Exponent II also hosted various special events, including beginning in the 1980s, annual retreats. A related blog was established in 2005. In 2007, Exponent II began publishing online. The organization celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2024. Heather Sundahl and Katie Ludlow Rich co-authored a history of the organization titled "Fifty Years of Exponent II," published in 2024. Editors of Exponent include: Claudia Bushman (1974-1975); Nancy T. Dredge (1975-1981 and 2000-2009); Susan E. Howe (1981–1984) Susan Paxman (1984-1997); Jenny Atkinson (1997-2000); Aimee Evans Hickman and Emily Clyde Curtis (2010-2016); Margaret Olsen Hemming (2016-2021); Rachel Rueckert (2021-).
Extent
6 boxes
1 oversize box
1 oversize folder
5 folders
1 volume
Language of Materials
English
Subject
- Anderson, Lavina Fielding, 1944- (Person)
- Exponent II (Organization)
- Johnson, Sonia (1936) (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States