Women and the Priesthood
Discussions of women's authority, power, and the ordination question.
Also known as: Ordain Women
37 documents · 7 libraries · 1985–2025
Emphasis over time
Peak: 8 documents in 2021
Documents tagged with this topic each year. Libraries cover different years (Liahona starts in 2021), so the rate compares eras more fairly than the count.
Where it lives
- General Conference14 documents
- Liahona Articles14 documents
- Religious Educator4 documents
- Interpreter2 documents
- BYU Speeches1 document
- BYU Studies1 document
- Gospel Topics and Questions1 document
Latest
Liahona Articles
Sister Yee Delivers a Message of an Encouraging God and a Loving Father (opens in a new tab)
Sarah Miller · Jul 2025
Liahona Articles
How Do Our Covenants Help Us Draw upon God’s Power? (opens in a new tab)
Camille N. Johnson · Mar 2025
Liahona Articles
Accessing God’s Power through Covenants (opens in a new tab)
J. Anette Dennis · Oct 2024
General Conference
Live Up to Your Privileges (opens in a new tab)
Emily Belle Freeman · Oct 2024
Religious Educator
Using Section 84 to Emphasize the Priesthood Power of Women (opens in a new tab)
Barbara Morgan Gardner · 2021
BYU Studies
What Is Women’s Relationship to Priesthood? (opens in a new tab)
Lisa Olsen Tait · 2021
Interpreter
Women and the Priesthood in the Contemporary Church (opens in a new tab)
Barbara Morgan Gardner · 2021
General Conference
An Especially Noble Calling (opens in a new tab)
Joy D. Jones · Apr 2020
General Conference
The Melchizedek Priesthood and the Keys (opens in a new tab)
Dallin H. Oaks · Apr 2020
Interpreter
Addressing Prickly Issues (opens in a new tab)
Rick Anderson · 2017
Earliest
General Conference
Ten Gifts from the Lord (opens in a new tab)
Gordon B. Hinckley · Oct 1985
Most frequent voices
- Barbara Morgan Gardner3 documents
- Dallin H. Oaks3 documents
- M. Russell Ballard3 documents
- Jean B. Bingham2 documents
- YA Weekly staff2 documents
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