Editing Woman's Exponent (section)

{{Short description|Latter-Day Saint journal (1872–1914)}}
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| name = Woman's Exponent (1872 to 1914)
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| image = Woman's Exponenet (September 15, 1880).jpg
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| caption = September 15, 1880 issue
| type = Periodical
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| editor = [[Lula Greene Richards|Louisa Lula Greene]] (1872–1877)<br>[[Emmeline B. Wells]] (1877–1914)
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| foundation = 1872
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| language = English
| ceased publication = 1914
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| headquarters = [[Salt Lake City]]
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| assoceditor = [[Elizabeth Anne Wells Cannon|Annie Wells Cannon]]<br>(1905–1914)
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The '''''Woman's Exponent''''' was a semi-official publication of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] that began in 1872. It published articles advocating for [[women's suffrage]] and [[plural marriage]], in addition to poetry and other writings. [[Lula Greene Richards]] and [[Emmeline B. Wells]] were its editors until 1914, when the ''Exponent'' was dissolved. It was "the first long-lived feminist periodical in the western United States."{{sfn|Bushman|1978|p=96}} While it had no direct successor, the Relief Society did launch its own magazine, the ''[[Relief Society Magazine]]'', in 1915.

A new publication, independent of the church but partially inspired by the earlier magazine, was launched by a women's group in Massachusetts in 1974, entitled ''[[Exponent II]]'', and continues to the present day, along with a program of annual retreats, and latterly a semi-autonomous blog site, ''The Exponent''.