Comments on: Pop Quiz

By: amri

amri — Thu, 10 May 2007 21:58:26 +0000

I really hate Meridian.

I’m with arJ. So many ads. For ridiculous ads that make me embarrassed for the Mormon marketplace.

Then there’s the whole women in the kitchen series that really gets me angry.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:04:36 +0000

I knew one of Sis. Jack’s sons and two of the Okazaki boys. How much credit do I get for that?

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:02:59 +0000

There’s only one each:

Lavern Parmley
Susan Winder (Tanner)
Belle Spafford

The outer two were “presidents for life” when I was a kid, and Susan Winder was a freshman at BYU the same year I was, and I almost once mustered up the courage to ask her out. Almost.

By: Scheherazade

Scheherazade — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 17:59:24 +0000

jessawhy,

Calling women by their first names is a deliberate feminist choice. I do not think of Elaine as “Sister Jack” (someone who’s identity, even symbolically, is subsumed under or bound to her husband). Likewise,Sheri is not first and foremost Dew’s daughter and Pat is not just Holland’s wife.

But this isn’t just a gender issue. First names are also more intimate and personal. Male LDS historian refer to JS as “Joseph.” Those who aren’t LDS call JS “Smith.”

By: DKL

DKL — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 02:02:40 +0000

Can anyone name 3 YM presidents? 3 presiding bishops? 3 general sunday school presidents?

By: Marjorie Conder

Marjorie Conder — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:34:33 +0000

RS—-Emma Smith, Eliza R. Snow, Zina DH Young, Bathsheba Smith, Emmeline Wells, Clarrisa Williams, Amy Brown Lyman, Belle Spafford, Barbara Smith, Barbara Winder, Elaine Jack, —–Smoot, Bonnie Parkin.

YW—–Elmira Taylor, Elaine Cannon, Ruth May Fox, Ruth Funk, Ardeth Kapp, Susan Tanner

Primary–Aurelia Rogers, Louie Felt, Michelline Grassli (sp–oh, my!)Colleen Menlove, ——-Lunt

By: Paula

Paula — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 01:35:44 +0000

#25, Bookslinger, I think I know what you’re referring to. :) I was asking because I’ve been surprised by how many women seem to kind of worship Sheri Dew. (Many aren’t aware of that talk.) I think a lot of women would say she’s been influential and a role model for the women of the church, but I wonder if the men are even aware enough of the RS to know who she is.

By: jessawhy

jessawhy — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:50:11 +0000

Interesting that Scheherazade used first names . . .
It seems more in the pattern of the church to use last names, although that certainly depends on the ward.
The women are called “Sister Menlove” not “President Menlove” in General Conference, though.
Hmmm

By: kodos

kodos — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:49:43 +0000

Is the point that we are remiss and should remember more of these great women? Or is the point that the actual influence of the current day women leaders is so marginal that it makes sense that we don’t remember very many?

By: John David Payne

John David Payne — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:36:03 +0000

Matt W. stole my idea by having it first. But instead of including female astronauts for some reason, how about this challenge?

Name 7 Presidents of the Seventy, 5 Presiding Bishops, and 3 General Sunday School Presidents.

(I can’t do this one, either. But that’s because I have taken a sacred vow to not care or pay attention.)