all rights reserved BRIGHAM YOUNG university GRADUATE COMMITTEE APPROVAL of a thesis submitted by wendy hamilton christian this thesis has been read by each member of the following graduate committee and by majority vote has been found to be satisfactory 4 11 lutap lutxp lutko date n cwalker chalker CW alker chair tz duhe duat tuzooz ZZO Z tum ttcwo date susan howe reader f date daiev datev camille camillefronk Fronk onk reader J la z rz r z date ed cutler graduate advisor 4 date jese crisler

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... ea chair ant art tt u taw t2w c t rt r t t date lance larsen graduate coordinator BRIGHAM YOUNG university As chair of the candidates graduate committee I 1 have read the thesis of ofwendy wendy hamilton christian in its final form and have found that 1 its format citations and bibliographical style are consistent and acceptable and fulfill university and department style requirements 2 its illustrative materials including figures tables and charts are in place and 3 the final manuscript is satisfactory to the graduate committee and is ready for submission to the university library jn t to mk date en cwalker chalker CW alker air graduate committee accepted for the department f su ati qti e lance larsen graduate coordinator accepted for the college van C gessel dean college of humanities ABSTRACT AND WELL SHE CAN PERSUADE THE POWER AND PRESENCE OF WOMEN IN THE BOOK OF MORMON wendy hamilton christian department of english master of arts this work is the first of its kind on women in the book of mormon it 1 is an exhaustive treatment of the books female characters 2 analyzes how women function in the text and 3 delineates the texts female inclusive language this thesis contains a complete list and discussion of the identifiable women in the book of mormon chapter 1 provides a compilation and treatment of the books gender inclusive language comprising over 200 words and more than 5000 references to them and its bearing on the doctrines and depictions of women in the narrative chapter 2 and illustrates the significant influence individual women had on the nephite lamanite jaredite jaredine civilization chapter 3 this study concludes with a chapter that attempts to account for the scarcity of womens stories in the narrative and the minimal knowledge we are provided about them compared to men readers will find overwhelming evidence from this thesis that women figure more prominently in the narrative than we often realize this work offers a compelling argument for the pervasive and powerful presence of women in the book of mormon acknowledgments