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March 6th, 2013 by admin

The Shining Light of Oakland

Betty Stevenson

Betty Stevenson grew up in an African-American community near San Francisco. After spiraling through abusive relationships, drug dealing and jail, she joined the Church. Betty served for many years as the Relief Society president of the newly formed Oakland Ninth Branch, composed of some of Oakland’s poorest neighborhoods, and she is the founder of an organization that hosts free football camps. In addition, Betty is raising her three great-grandchildren.

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Posted in: 61 - 70 years old, 71+, Conversion Stories, Conversion Stories, English, Lives of Service, Lives of Service, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Single, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: abuse, California, conversion, convert, drugs, LDS woman, mormon abuse, single

October 21st, 2012 by admin

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An American Education

Raquel Perez Johnston

Raquel Johnston is a former Cuban refugee who came to America at age 10. Among the blessings she discovered in the United States, Raquel learned the value of education and became converted to the Church. She has passed both of those legacies on to her seven children.

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Posted in: 61 - 70 years old, Conversion Stories, Conversion Stories, English, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: California, Cuban Mormon, education, faith, family, Mormon immigrants, motherhood

November 29th, 2011 by admin

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An Instrument of Homecoming

Joanna Brooks

Joanna Brooks has emerged as an important commentator on Mormonism for mainstream media. In fact, this year Politico named her as one of 50 commentators to watch in America. She is currently the Chair of the Department of English and Comparative Literature at San Diego State University. She writes about Mormonism and politics for Religion Dispatches and is the author of askmormongirl.com.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, 41 - 50 years old, English, Married with children, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: California, careers, education, graduate school, LDS culture, LDS woman, Mormon women, part-member marriage, pioneers, prayer, writing

August 17th, 2011 by admin

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Finding the Balance

Liz Wiseman

As a vice president at the Silicon Valley giant, Oracle, for 17 years, Liz Wiseman learned to say no to any commitment that wasn’t work, church or her four children. Now as an author and managing her own leadership consultancy, Liz works with her husband at home and recently visited her 32nd country. She feels her greatest honor, though, is putting everything she’s learned to work for the benefit of the Church.

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Posted in: 41 - 50 years old, English, Married with children, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: BYU, California, careers, LDS woman, Mormon women in business, motherhood

August 5th, 2011 by admin

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Keeping His Promise

Bonnie Butler

While many moms juggle kids and a career, Bonnie has juggled kids as a career. She has been a mother to her own four biological kids as well as her six adopted kids, and many foster children have been blessed by her care and love. She didn’t know that this was part of the plan for her, but she has come to understand God’s word, and follow it. He has trusted her, and she has learned that the difficult things in life bring many blessings.

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Posted in: 41 - 50 years old, 51 - 60 years old, English, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: adoption, California, family, motherhood, prayer

March 31st, 2011 by admin

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Your Trial Is Your Greatest Treasure

Barbara Barrington Jones

A popular speaker to LDS youth and women around the world, Barbara Barrington Jones shares the events and lessons of her life that have allowed her to touch so many in her 24 years of public speaking. After a career as a ballet dancer and twelve years in an abusive marriage, Barbara married a much older man with whom she found the Church. With her trademark faith, strength and wit, Barbara tells her remarkable story and shares her pearls of wisdom.

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Posted in: 61 - 70 years old, Conversion Stories, Conversion Stories, English, Lives of Service, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Uncategorized, United States, Widowed - Tags: abuse, California, conversion, convert, depression, LDS woman, Mormon ballet dancer, patriarchal blessing

February 23rd, 2011 by admin

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Reality TV vs Reality Mothering

Melissa Puente

Melissa Puente is an Emmy-winning television editor and a mother of two sets of twin boys, ages 4 and 2. With four boys under three, Melissa felt tension in her home that didn’t reflect her gratitude at having her children safely with her. She challenged herself to read parenting books and document her responses on her own website, Learning Mommy. She now takes her education as a mother as seriously as her education as a TV editor.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, English, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: blog, California, careers, education, infertility, LDS woman, Mormon women

February 16th, 2011 by admin

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The Way Already Prepared

Shu-Chih Ho

Shu-Chih grew up in Taiwan, came to the United States by herself as a teenager and joined the Mormon Church. She had to overcome many obstacles, including family disapproval, living in a foreign country and raising three kids as a single mom. Shu-Chih is an accomplished artist and owns her own art school where she teaches a growing Chinese population in Irvine, CA.

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Posted in: 41 - 50 years old, Conversion Stories, Divorced, English, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad, Taiwan, Uncategorized - Tags: artist, BYU, California, Chinese Mormon, divorce, LDS woman, Mormon women, single, Taiwan Mormon

June 16th, 2010 by admin

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Living Essentials

Rebecca Cressman

As a high school student, Rebecca decided that broadcasting was definitely not an industry in which she wanted to work. However, her dynamic radio personality and distinctive voice opened doors to television and radio work which she pursued piecemeal as her three sons were young. Now with grown children, Rebecca is the host of FM 100.3 in Salt Lake City and a host on BYU TV.

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Posted in: 41 - 50 years old, English, Married with children, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, United States - Tags: broadcasting, BYU, California, careers, infertility, LDS culture, mission, Mormon women, Utah

October 28th, 2009 by admin

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From Dancing to Diapers

Lisa Hess Jones

Lisa Jones is the mother of two sons, one on a mission and one in high school. But before she was “mom”, she was a solo dancer at the New York City Ballet from 1975 to 1985 and a favorite of the company’s founder George Balanchine. Lisa talks about these two distinct eras in her life and why she was so ready to transition from thinking about herself as a dancer to thinking about someone else as a mother.

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Posted in: 51 - 60 years old, Artistic Women, Artistic Women, English, Married with children, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, United States - Tags: ballet, California, careers, Mormon women, motherhood

October 19th, 2009 by admin

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Beyond This Mortal Coil

Lynn Anderson

Two of Lynn Anderson’s natural born children carried a rare genetic disease — epidermolysis bullosa (EB) — which prevents a child’s skin from growing with their body. After thirty years of nursing her children and grieving their deaths, Lynn founded an organization that raised money for EB research at Stanford University. Lynn now rejoices in a newly-approved treatment that will save the lives of many EB children.

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