Maureen Ursenbach Beecher
Author of Women of Covenant: The Story of Relief Society
About the Author
Works by Maureen Ursenbach Beecher
Sisters in Spirit: Mormon Women in Historical and Cultural Perspective (1987) — Editor; Preface — 30 copies
New Views of Mormon History: A Collection of Essays in Honor of Leonard J. Arrington (1987) — Editor — 14 copies
Associated Works
The New Mormon History: Revisionist Essays on the Past (Essays on Mormonism Series) (1992) — Contributor — 41 copies
Women Steadfast in Christ: Talks from the 1991 BYU Women's Conference (1992) — Contributor — 21 copies
Saints Well Seasoned: Musings on How Food Nourishes Us-- Body, Heart, and Soul (1998) — Contributor — 8 copies
The Eighth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: A Sesquicentennial Look at Church History (1980) — Contributor — 7 copies
The Exodus and Beyond. Essays in Mormon History. Lyndon W. Cook & Donald Q. Cannon. Softbound. (1980) — Contributor — 4 copies
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Volume 21, Number 4, (Winter 1988) (1988) — Contributor — 2 copies
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 18, Number 2 (Summer 1985) (1985) — Contributor — 2 copies
Utah Historical Quarterly - Vol. 43, No. 1, Winter 1975 - Cultural Perspectives (1975) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 9, Number 1 (Spring 1974) (1974) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 7, Number 2 (Summer 1972) (1972) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 15, No. 4 (Winter 1982) (1982) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 11, Number 2 (Summer 1978) (1978) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 14, Number 4 (Winter 1981) (1981) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 32, Number 1 (Spring 1999) (1999) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 26, Number 2 (Summer 1993) (1993) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 23, Number 1 (Spring 1990) (1990) — Contributor — 1 copy
Celebrating the LDS Past: Essays Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the 1972 Founding of the LDS Church Historical… (1992) — Contributor — 1 copy
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- Gender
- female
- Places of residence
- Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Education
- University of Utah (PhD - Comparative Literature)
- Occupations
- professor (English)
historian
editor
lecturer - Relationships
- Beecher, Dale F. (husband)
- Organizations
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Brigham Young University
Joseph Fielding Smith Institute (senior research historian)
LDS Church Historical Department (editor)
Dialogue Foundation (editorial board)
Mormon History Association (council) (show all 7)
Utah State Historical Society (fellow) - Awards and honors
- Fellow of the Utah State Historical Society
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Women of Covenant: The Story of Relief Society by Janath Russell Cannon
I was skeptical at first when a friend gave this book to me, but pleased that I read it. It gave me an appreciation of the purpose of the Relief Society organization and those who worked so hard to build it into a world-wide organization. Often I have felt that Relief Society is for women with children or older women, but now I have a new understanding of its role. I also have a new admiration for those great, visionary women who led RS, but also started the primary, hospitals, welfare program and social services as a part of RS. They also helped others through difficult times such as the Great Depression and represented the church in the US women's organizations. This book is a fairly easy read with general vocabulary.… (more)
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- Popularity
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- Rating
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