Our Favorite Mormons Archive

  • Our Favorite Mormons: Freda Lucretia Magee

    Posted on June 8, 2013 | 1 Comment
    Most of us learned history from books written by authors who subscribed to Great Man history, the idea that history is made by prime ministers and generals. But there is another approach to historiography which holds that the real history is made when ordinary, obscure […]

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  • Our Favorite Mormons: Edwin Woolley, Outspoken Bishop of the 13th Ward

    Posted on March 5, 2013 | 3 Comments
    When once described as outspoken, Dorothy Parker quipped: “Outspoken … by whom?” When historians suggest that Edwin Woolley was an outspoken Mormon bishop, I have the same reply. If you don’t know about this interesting favorite Mormon of ours, it’s my pleasure to introduce him […]

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  • Our Favorite Mormons Show: Empty Chair Without Jon Huntsman

    Posted on November 6, 2012 | 2 Comments
    Ed: Um, hi! Welcome to the . . . um . . . “Our Favorite Mormons Show.”  I’m Ed . . . and, my guest today is . . . one of the . . . greatest musicians, I mean .. prog-rockers, ambassadors, I mean, […]

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  • Our Favorite Mormons: Merciful Minerva! (Teichert, That Is)

    Posted on August 6, 2012 | 16 Comments
    Of all the superhero catch phrases, Wonder Woman’s frequent invocation of “Merciful Minerva!” puzzled me most as a kid since Minerva (the Roman version of Athena) represented wisdom and learning, inventiveness and the arts, hardly someone whose name and memory might embolden you to, say, […]

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  • Our Favorite Mormons: A Hidden Jewel

    Posted on July 9, 2012 | 8 Comments
    This summer as you watch Olympic athletes receive their medals, I ask you to remember the individual who founded a Utah company that manufactured many of these medals in years past, a founder named Obert C. Tanner who started the Utah jewelry establishment O.C. Tanner […]

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  • Our Favorite Mormons: “We Believe in Equal Rights”

    Posted on May 29, 2012 | 10 Comments
    This is a guest post by Mark B (aka, Mark Mighty And Strong) about an early Mormon feminist and her husband, who is the most effective Mormon missionary you’ve never heard of. Their names are Louisa and Addison Pratt. We need to begin by clarifying […]

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  • Our Favorite Mormons: “Man-Who-Takes-Himself-Apart”

    Posted on May 15, 2012 | 5 Comments
    Generally, we’ll try to avoid showcasing General Authorities of the LDS Church as a part of this series, not because GAs are not our favorite Mormons, but because we like to celebrate lesser-known LDS figures, the rank and file members, the common Mormon.   Today, […]

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  • Our Favorite Mormons–Ithamar Sprague

    Posted on April 17, 2012 | 12 Comments
    Doves & Serpents is initiating a new feature we call “Our Favorite Mormons.” Consider it a biographical and uncorrelated version of Mormon.org, where we will tell the stories of Latter-day Saints, past and present, who have inspired us toward greater compassion, wonder or laughter. One […]

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