Elouise Bell: A Latter-day Saint Writer and Educator of Mormon Letters
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LDS Witness Archive
Elouise Bell was a faithful Latter-day Saint writer, educator, and thinker whose career at Brigham Young University helped open the field of Mormon literature and letters. In forum addresses at BYU she spoke to the Saints—including on the place of women and faith in the modern Church—and she is remembered as one of the 'greats of Mormon literature, education, and feminism.' Sister Bell's life is a faith-promoting witness of the Latter-day Saint women of letters who, with both faith and learning, have helped the Saints think and write their own story in the modern age.
Sources & References
'Mormon Women in the History of Second-Wave Feminism,' Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought (https://www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/mormon-women-in-the-history-of-second-wave-feminism/); Deseret News notice on the passing of Elouise Bell; BYU forum addresses.
