Dorias is featured only halfway entering his home, the female figures creating a boundary between his world and theirs – a sacred space reserved for maternal gathering. The piece, entitled, “Weighing the Baby,” portrays Dorias’ wives huddling together in care of a mother and her newborn baby. Christensen, painted as a gift for his former mission companion Ferdinand Frederick Dorias.
To paint a picture of early Mormon women “huddling” together, Ulrich analyzed the cover art from her latest book, A House Full of Females, which boasts a painting by Danish Mormon artist C.C.A.
You can imagine it as a very affirming, powerful act of unity or a kind of desperate act of paining together in difficult circumstances.” “Or,” she continued, “maybe you think of the word as something very sad, like contemporary refugees taking shelter in a makeshift tent, huddling together for warmth to try to survive. “Maybe a football game, a competitive contest in which the leaders of one group will group in a secret huddle to plot strategy.” “What do you think about when you think about ‘huddling’?” Ulrich began. 14, 2017)-What is to be expected when a group of Mormon women is seen huddling together? Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, professor of history at Harvard and renowned Mormon scholar, discussed the history of early Mormon women in the Church and how the group dynamics of early female saints “huddling together” influenced Mormon history. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, prominent Mormon scholar and professor of history at Harvard University, presented research on early Mormon women’s history from her latest book, A House Full of Females, at a recent lecture honoring Women’s History Month.
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