Molly Mormon Democrat

Unless you've been living under a rock the past few days, you probably heard that a leaked Supreme Court decision shows a majority on th...

Hi Y'all! As you have seen, I have not posted much regarding my sabbatical - unfortunately I have spent most of it reading silly books a...

One of the book clubs I'm in recently read the book "The Priesthood Power of Women: In The Temple, Church, and Family" by Bar...

One of the questions I had as I researched Mormon women and the suffrage movement was what role Mormon women played in the movement after t...

After President Trump's election, a huge women's march was held in Washington, D.C. That march was held on the day after  President...

As I've given a couple versions of my suffrage tour, I've been grateful that people have reminded me and asked questions that bring...

Martha ("Mattie") Hughes Cannon's life is often reduced to one story - she ran against her husband in an election in 1896. Sh...

My last post was about Sarah Granger Kimball, but really she deserves ALL the posts. She's pretty amazing, and there is so much to love...

One of the delights of researching suffrage is reading the words of the women who participated in the movement. Sarah Kimball was one of th...

If you can vote, thank a suffragist! I thought I'd share a quote from Eliza R. Snow. She actually was more of a traditionalist than I...

One of the fun things about research is little quotes you find. Heber J. Grant, during the 1895 Utah constitutional convention deliberatio...

Some of you may know about the final state to ratify the 19th amendment, Tennessee. There is a dramatic last minute "change of heart...

Some of you may already be aware of the 1913 "March on Washington" by thousands of suffragists . That march took place the day be...

Continuing my series on random facts about Women's suffrage. You may know that the 19th amendment to the US Constitution was ratified...

I'm currently organizing a walking tour of Washington, D.C. related to suffrage history and Mormons. It's going to be a lot of fun!...

There's a line that has been running through my mind from Jane Austen's classic Pride and Prejudice  this week .  Let me start with...

Reading this blog post got me thinking about stories in the bible where men fail to believe women. I recently got called as a primary teac...

One childhood memory I have is being caught reading multiple times on the same night AFTER lights out. I don't remember what I was read...

Here's to hoping that Susan B. Anthony was prophetic when she said this in 1900: "It is beyond doubt that before long women will...

This year my post-busy season road trip took me to Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. I got to visit some amazing hist...