Date of Award:
5-1988
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
English
Committee Chair(s)
Patricia Gardner
Committee
Patricia Gardner
Committee
Joyce Kinkead
Committee
Kenneth B. Hunsaker
Abstract
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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Recommended Citation
Page, Alfene, "Woman's Exponent: Cradle of Literary Culture Among Early Mormon Women" (1988). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 3318.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/3318
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