LDS women to church leaders: When did the rules about women working outside the home change?

Thousands take to the church’s Instagram to decry what they describe as mixed messaging regarding mothers pursuing careers.

“I had babies, and my husband and I loved and nurtured them while we were both working,” Johnson told her worldwide audience Friday. “It was busy, sometimes hectic. We were stretched and sometimes tired. I supported him, and he supported me. Family was and still is our top priority.” “Approaching 40, I have seen enough faithful LDS women abandoned by their husbands and left to care for their children — all with weak educational degrees, starting from scratch and barely scraping by,” wrote @anniemangelson. “Too many women and children end up in absolute crisis having simply ‘followed the prophet.’ We have to quit teaching like this and setting some women up for failure.”

“This would have been an even more beautiful message if it was coupled with an apology,” wrote @ariabethards, “to all the women who listened to President Benson and other prophets who pressured women into letting go of education and career dreams to stay home as housewives.”“I’m starting to feel so confused,” wrote @jameeandelin. “On the one hand, I’m so happy that Camille Johnson listened to her own intuition and authority to make decisions for her life.

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