Episode 39: 50 Years of Mormon Feminism – with Heather Sundahl & Katie Ludlow Rich

50 Years of Mormon Feminism – with Heather Sundahl & Katie Ludlow Rich

Our Guests

Heather Sundahl

Heather Sundahl believes in the power of stories. In the pursuit of this, she has volunteered with Exponent II for twenty-eight years. As a writer and editor, Heather works to amplify the voices of marginalized folks and has collected the oral histories of Batswana, South African, Native American, and queer Mormon women. She received an MA in English from BYU in 1994 and an MA in Marriage & Family Therapy from UVU in 2023. Heather currently works at a residential treatment center where she helps her teenage clients find narratives that promote growth and healing. She lives in Orem, Utah.

Katie Ludlow Rich

Katie Ludlow Rich is a writer and independent scholar of Mormon women’s history. Her work focuses on centering women’s voices and their agentive decisions even when functioning within a patriarchal tradition. She has a bachelor’s in history and a master’s in English, both from Brigham Young University. Her writing has appeared in Exponent II, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, The Journal of Mormon History, and The Salt Lake Tribune. She lives in Saratoga Springs, Utah.

The Discussion

the cover of Exponent II’s 50 year celebration issue
Issue 1 of Woman’s Exponent, published 1872
A Beginner’s Boston by Laurel Ulrich
the editorial board of Exponent II, 1974
early editions of Exponent II ready for distribution
Claudia Bushman holding an issue of Exponent II
an editor working on Exponent II at a paste-up party
50 Years of Exponent II by Katie Ludlow Rich & Heather Sundahl
the Spring 2013 Issue of Exponent II
the editorial board of Exponent II, 2014

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