Susan Marie Madsen

Pioneer Christmas - Excerpts From Personal Journals (LDS,Mormon)

Christmas for the early pioneers was much different than Christmas for us is today. Traditions were similar, but gifts were scarce and commercialism was nearly absent. The true spirit of the holiday was found in abundance in their small homes. Take a peek into the lives of these faithful saints as y...

On Becoming a Woman Leader: Learning from the Experiences of University Presidents

Based on years of research, this book provides an analysis of the data gathered from extensive interviews with university presidents. Each of these women offers candid information about their lifelong journey to becoming a leader. They reveal their childhood and adolescent experiences including fact...

I Walked to Zion

What did pioneer children do for fun? What did they fear as they crossed the plains? Susan Arrington Madsen, author of The Lord Needed a Prophet, has collected actual accounts of thirty young people (under the age of twenty) who were members of Mormon wagon trains and handcart companies. B.H. Robert...

Mothers of the Prophets

Come to know and love the mothers of the latter- day prophets in the pages of Mothers of the Prophets. Your testimony will be strengthened as you see how the Lord sent each of his prophets to a home with a mother to love, nurture, and teach helping to prepare that child to eventually lead the Church...

Women as Global Leaders (Women and Leadership)

A volume in Women and Leadership: Research, Theory, and Practice Series Editors Faith Wambura Ngunjiri, Susan R. Madsen, Karen A. Longman Women as Global Leaders is the second volume in the new Women and Leadership: Research, Theory, and Practice book series published for the International Leadershi...

Women and Leadership in Higher Education (Women and Leadership: Research, Theory, and Practice)

Women and Leadership in Higher Education is the first volume in a new series of books (Women and Leadership: Research, Theory, and Practice) that will be published in upcoming years to inform leadership scholars and practitioners. This book links theory, research, and practice of women's leadership ...

Women and Leadership around the World

A volume in Women and Leadership: Research, Theory, and Practice Series Editors Faith Wambura Ngunjiri, Susan R. Madsen, Karen A. Longman Women and Leadership around the World is the third volume in a new series of books (Women and Leadership: Research, Theory, and Practice) that will is now being p...

The Second Rescue: The Story of the Spiritual Rescue of the Willie and Martin Handcart Pioneers

LDS/MORMON In October 1856, President Brigham Young sent rescue teams to the aid of more than a thousand pioneers who were stranded in winter storms on the plains. Little did anyone know then of the need of those faithful Saints would have for a Second Rescue-- a spiritual rescue that would begin 13...

Christmas a Joyful Heritage

The Lord Needed a Prophet

Mothers of the Prophets

I Walked to Zion: True Stories of Young Pioneers on the Mormon Trail

Sun-Bonnet Sisters: True Stories of Mormon Women and Frontier Life