— Kent Miles - Photographer —

Maria Consuelo Dimaya was a member of an anti-Marcos guerilla group in the Philippines during the 1970s. She worked as a medic and met her husband who was also a member of the opposition. She was captured, tortured, and gave birth to their first son while she was imprisoned. After her release she and her husband joined the LDS Church. She said "We found that the Church gave us opportunities to work to improve the social conditions of our country. One of the most important factors in changing the culture of poverty is the changes that are made inside a person, and the Church showed us that if you have the desire to make those changes, everything outside will change, too." Photographed in Manila for the book by Kent Miles and James N. Kimball "Mormon Women: Portraits and Conversations" - Handcart Books, Salt Lake City, 2009; photograph ©2000 Kent Miles.

The new book by James N. Kimball and Kent Miles includes portraits of and interviews with 14 women who are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly referred to as Mormons. The diversity and individuality of these women emerge as they discuss their lives, trials, accomplishments and adventures.

Portrait of Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, professor of history at Harvard University, for the book by Kent Miles and James N. Kimball "Mormon Women: Portraits and Conversations" - Handcart Books, Salt Lake City, 2009; photo ©1997 Kent Miles

Angela Cummings is one of the world's most sought-after jewelry designers. A German native, she came to the United States right out of design school and landed a job at Tiffany & Company in New York. Soon she had her own product line for Tiffany. She and her husband, Bruce, operated their own successful jewelery company. The decided to close their business after the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. They returned to Bruce's home town of Salt Lake in 2002. Photographed at home in Connecticut for the book by Kent Miles and James N. Kimball "Mormon Women: Portraits and Conversations" - Handcart Books, Salt Lake City, 2009; photograph ©1997 Kent Miles

Tsobinar Tadevosyan, Gulag Survivor & Teacher, from Yerevan, Armenia; for the book by Kent Miles and James N. Kimball "Mormon Women: Portraits and Conversations" - Handcart Books, Salt Lake City, 2009; photographed in Salt lake City, ©1997 Kent Miles

Cecile Pelous began her career as a young design creatist in the famous fashion houses of Paris - Dior, Cardin, Ricci. For twenty years she has left the world of high fashion to bless the lives of impoverished children in India and Nepal. She founded Ash Ashram, "House of Hope," as a home for orphaned children in Nepal. In 2008 she was decorated by French President Nicolas Sarkozy as a Chevalier of the National Order of Merit of France. Photographed in Salt Lake City for the book by Kent Miles and James N. Kimball "Mormon Women: Portraits and Conversations" - Handcart Books, Salt Lake City, 2009; photograph ©1997 Kent Miles

Emma Lou Thayne, Author, Poet, Educator, for the book by Kent Miles and James N. Kimball "Mormon Women: Portraits and Conversations" - Handcart Books, Salt Lake City, 2009; photo ©1997 Kent Miles

Anne Perry is an enormously popular author of Victorian and World War I era historical mystery novels. She has more than 25 million books in print, consisting of 55 different titles. Her work is published in English, Italian, German, Japanese, Portugese, Spanish, French, Greek, and Russian. Photographed in Scotland for the book by Kent Miles and James N. Kimball "Mormon Women: Portraits and Conversations" - Handcart Books, Salt Lake City, 2009; photograph ©1996 Kent Miles

Kiyo Tanaka, News Anchor for the Deaf, Sign Language Instructor, for the book by Kent Miles and James N. Kimball "Mormon Women: Portraits and Conversations" - Handcart Books, Salt Lake City, 2009; photo ©2000 Kent Miles

Catharine M. Stokes, Nurse and Public Health Administrator, Chicago, Illinois, now living in Salt Lake City; for the book by Kent Miles and James N. Kimball "Mormon Women: Portraits and Conversations" - Handcart Books, Salt Lake City, 2009; photographed in Salt Lake, ©1997 Kent Miles

Victoria Fong Kesler is a homemaker and mother of twelve. Throughout her life, she has overcome adversity. She is active in her church, where she teaches, conducts music, works with Public Affairs, has had youth leadership positions, and was recently released as Relief Society president in her ward. Photographed at her home in Rifle, Colorado, for the book by Kent Miles and James N. Kimball "Mormon Women: Portraits and Conversations" - Handcart Books, Salt Lake City, 2009; photograph ©1998 Kent Miles

Raquel Ribeiro left school as a young girl to marry. When the marriage went through difficult times she became a beautician to support her children, then went on to earn degrees in social sciences, geography, history, and education administration. Later in life she was coaxed into entering politics and was elected a member of her city council. Photogaphed for the book by Kent Miles and James N. Kimball "Mormon Women: Portraits and Conversations" - Handcart Books, Salt Lake City, 2009; ©2000 Kent Miles

Lea Rosser is a senior executive in the government of New South Wales, Austrailia; for the book by Kent Miles and James N. Kimball "Mormon Women: Portraits and Conversations" - Handcart Books, Salt Lake City, 2009; photographed in Auburn, Austrailia, ©1997 James N. Kimball

Carol Gray is a British homemaker who became a recognized humanitarian leader in Europe and Africa. She began by organizing relief aid for victims of the Balkan War in the 1990s. Four years later she had personally delivered over two dozen truck convoys of food, clothing, and medical supplies to Bosnia. She went on to found HUGS International, TLC, which opperates an orphanage, school, and medical center in Ghana. Photographed in Salt Lake City for the book by Kent Miles and James N. Kimball "Mormon Women: Portraits and Conversations" - Handcart Books, Salt Lake City, 2009; photograph ©1998 Kent Miles

Christine Durham is chief justice of the Utah Supreme Court, a position she has held since 2002. Prior to her appointment to the bench in 1983, she was a trial lawyer. A graduate of the Duke University School of Law, she has taught at Duke, Brigham Young University, and the University of Utah. Photographed in Salt Lake City for the book by Kent Miles and James N. Kimball "Mormon Women: Portraits and Conversations" - Handcart Books, Salt Lake City, 2009; photograph ©1996 Kent Miles

Maria Consuelo Dimaya was a member of an anti-Marcos guerilla group in the Philippines during the 1970s. She worked as a medic and met her husband who was also a member of the opposition. She was captured, tortured, and gave birth to their first son while she was imprisoned. After her release she and her husband joined the LDS Church. She said "We found that the Church gave us opportunities to work to improve the social conditions of our country. One of the most important factors in changing the culture of poverty is the changes that are made inside a person, and the Church showed us that if you have the desire to make those changes, everything outside will change, too." Photographed in Manila for the book by Kent Miles and James N. Kimball "Mormon Women: Portraits and Conversations" - Handcart Books, Salt Lake City, 2009; photograph ©2000 Kent Miles.