Commentary: Pay attention to women’s issues, Utah historian advises Latter-day Saint leaders

Latter-day Saint women have come a long way, according to University of Utah history professor Colleen McDannell.That’s one overall takeaway from McDannell’s outstanding new history, “Sister Saints: Mormon Women Since the End of Polygamy.”Latter-day Saint women, McDannell says, have made the transition to the 21st century with considerable strength and agency — and even find power in some unexpected ways (like fighting against the Equal Rights Amendment, ironically)