{"product_id":"a-faded-legacy-dave-hall-9781607814535","title":"A Faded Legacy: Amy Brown Lyman and Mormon Women's Activism, 1872 - 1959","description":"To her contemporaries Amy Brown Lyman was a leader, admired for her dynamic personality, her inspiring public addresses, and especially for her remarkable vision of what Mormon women in the Relief Society could achieve. Yet today her name is barely known. This volume brings her work to light, showing how the accomplishments of Lyman and her peers benefitted their own and subsequent generations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Placing Lyman's story within a local and national context, award-winning author Dave Hall examines the roots and trajectory of Mormon women's activism. Born into a polygamist family, Lyman entered the larger sphere of public life at the time when the practice of polygamy was ending and Mormonism had begun assimilating mainstream trends. The book follows her life as she prepared for a career, married, and sought meaning in a rapidly changing society. It recounts her involvement in the Relief Society, the Mormon women's charity group that she led for many years and sought to transform into a force for social welfare, and it considers the influence of her connections with national and international women's organizations. The final period of Lyman's life, in which she resigned from the Relief Society amidst personal tragedy, offers insight into the reasons Mormon women abandoned their activist heritage for a more conservative role, a stance that is again evolving. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Winner of the Mormon History Association's Best First Book Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dave Hall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1607814536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781607814535\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Utah Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Dave Hall","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49097008414975,"sku":"9781607814535","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-faded-legacy-dave-hall-9781607814535","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}