Peggy Fletcher Stack said in the Tribune a week ago that in addition to Mormon women who are completely satisfied with their role in the church -- juxtapositioned with feminists who want to hold the priesthood -- is an emerging wave of women who seek more influence:

"They are not pushing for ordination, but they crave a more engaged and visible role for women in the Utah-based LDS Church. It is a role, they believe, their Mormon foremothers played — and one that could fit easily into the institutional structure without distorting or dismantling doctrine."

Read the article at:
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/lifestyle/54704413-80/women-mormon-church-lds.html.csp

...to the conference yesterday. Some came from as far as the east coast. These are the same friends who remain in the church because they want to affect a change from within even though they know the history and have problems with the doctrine.

I don't know how they remain, but conferences like this one give them hope for their causes. Here's a link to the conference site: http://www.thc.utah.edu/?&pageId=6466