Category: Folklore
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“The Legacy and Function of Mormon Women’s Divination Communities: Cattle, Counsel, Marriage, and Money” Published in “Western Folklore”
Check out my first peer-reviewed publication in Western Folklore! Article Abstract: Peepstone women and tea-leaf readers performed significant social, economic, and interpersonal functions in their Mormon Utah communities well into the twentieth century. They were often sought out over gendered concerns, and gender impacted their perceived authority in their religious…