Her writings did the ‘biggest work of all’ — Mormon journal’s first female editor dies
Mary Lythgoe Bradford, Oct. 24, 1930—Nov. 8, 2022 • A “believing, family-oriented LDS feminist,” she lived at the center of a budding intellectual community within the Utah-based church.
(Bradford family) Mary Lythgoe Bradford, the first female editor of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, died this week age 92.
Hired in 1991 to cover Utah's various faiths, particularly Mormonism, Peggy has talked forgiveness with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, nearly fainted waiting for the Dalai Lama, fasted with Muslims during Ramadan — and has reported on 50 consecutive semiannual LDS General Conferences.