Woman's Exponent: Cradle of Literary Culture Among Early Mormon Women

The purpose of this paper was to define and discuss the early Mormon women's newspaper, Woman's Exponent, and its editors in developing a literary culture among Mormon women. Woman's Exponent served as the primary source of research to show through its literature that the women of Ut...

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Main Author:	Page, Alfene
Format:	Others
Published:	DigitalCommons@USU 1988
Subjects:	Woman's Exponent Literary Culture Early Mormon Women English Language and Literature
Online Access:	https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/3318 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4324&context=etd

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spelling	ndltd-UTAHS-oai-digitalcommons.usu.edu-etd-43242019-10-13T05:31:01Z Woman's Exponent: Cradle of Literary Culture Among Early Mormon Women Page, Alfene The purpose of this paper was to define and discuss the early Mormon women's newspaper, Woman's Exponent, and its editors in developing a literary culture among Mormon women. Woman's Exponent served as the primary source of research to show through its literature that the women of Utah were encouraged to express themselves freely, and present their way of life to a world that held a grossly distorted view of them. The Exponent provided the forum for skilled writers to polish their craft, and new writers to develop their talents. The literary influence of the Exponent encouraged the women writers to publish individual volumes of poetry, biography, and histories. The writers acknowledged the Woman's Exponent as their platform for expression, their window-on-the-world. It faithfully recorded their history and served as the cradle for literary culture among the mormon women. 1988-05-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/3318 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4324&context=etd Copyright for this work is held by the author. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more information contact Andrew Wesolek (andrew.wesolek@usu.edu). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations DigitalCommons@USU Woman's Exponent Literary Culture Early Mormon Women English Language and Literature
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description	The purpose of this paper was to define and discuss the early Mormon women's newspaper, Woman's Exponent, and its editors in developing a literary culture among Mormon women. Woman's Exponent served as the primary source of research to show through its literature that the women of Utah were encouraged to express themselves freely, and present their way of life to a world that held a grossly distorted view of them. The Exponent provided the forum for skilled writers to polish their craft, and new writers to develop their talents. The literary influence of the Exponent encouraged the women writers to publish individual volumes of poetry, biography, and histories. The writers acknowledged the Woman's Exponent as their platform for expression, their window-on-the-world. It faithfully recorded their history and served as the cradle for literary culture among the mormon women.
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Woman's Exponent: Cradle of Literary Culture Among Early Mormon Women

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