The Working LDS Mother: A Cultural Anomaly

Authors

Erica Palmer, Brigham Young University
Quint Randle, Brigham Young University

Keywords

working LDS mother, cultural anomaly, stay-at-home mom

College

Fine Arts and Communications

Department

Communications

Abstract

The week after I graduated with my bachelor’s degree I gave birth to my first child. The idea of being a stay-at-home mom (SAHM) appealed to me, but I wasn’t ready to give up my professional goals and aspirations to be a SAHM just because that is the typical path of the LDS woman. Amid the rise in feminism and push for women to break away from traditional roles and achieve more in the workplace, and the LDS Church’s increased emphasis on the divinity of the family and motherhood, I knew I couldn’t be the only young LDS woman seeking to balance professional goals and aspirations with the sacred role of mother and nurturer. My project was an investigation into the lifestyle, motives, and difficulties of the LDS working mother that I put together into a website for my capstone project for the BYU journalism program.

Recommended Citation

Palmer, Erica and Randle, Quint (2017) "The Working LDS Mother: A Cultural Anomaly," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2017: Iss. 1, Article 126.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2017/iss1/126