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Photocopy of a typewritten essay coauthored by Carol Cornwall Madsen and Jill Mulvay Derr. The item was "prepared by three staff members of the History Division, Historical Department of the Church in response to a request of the general presidency of the Relief Society, 27 August 1979." The essay is a history of women's rights in Utah.

Scope and Contents Contains journal and manuscript drafts collected by Beecher. Includes manuscripts for the Association of Mormon Letters, drafts for Sisters in Spirit and New Views of Mormon History, bibliographies, screenplays, and related correspondence and other materials. Also contains various journals and pamphlets including issues of The Creative Woman, Sunstone, Ensign, and BYU Today. Includes various life histories, including records on Duncan McArthur and his wives and Leonard Arrington. Topics...

Scope and Contents Contains records relating to the Relief Society, including lessons Beecher helped create for the general Relief Society handbook in 1975. Also includes biographical materials of the organization, copies of records of its organization and proceedings in Nauvoo, Illinois, copies of meeting minutes in Nauvoo, a 1931 handbook, records of various Relief Societies, and publications related to the organization. Also includes records of the church's involvement in women's rights activities of the...

Scope and Contents Contains various personal projects of Beecher, including those she headed or collaborated on. Materials include manuscript drafts, research files, and related correspondence. Projects include papers for various seminars and associations, Church News vignettes, a history text chaper, talks to honors students at BYU and other students, and projects to be published. Materials cover topics including the Relief Society, Canadians in Utah, diaries and autobiographies of Mormon women, Utah in the...