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Spencer Christensen

A class of young Mormon missionaries

Mormon women are flocking to the mission, but inequalities remain

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The Mormon Church is well-known for its worldwide proselytizing force. Now large numbers of young women are joining up thanks a change in policy that lowered the minimum age for female missionaries to 19. But gender gaps remain between men and women.

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