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Show Walkimg woftk a s aim ft by Lawrence Nelson Dixie Sun want her to go everyone loved her but she couldnt say no to Boniface because he outranked her. Altogether there were 30 nuns who accompanied him. II Staff Writer In a time when women were nothing more than flesh and pleasure to men, and werent treated as equals, women many turned to the convent to find better lives and to grow more intelligent with the help of books. None of these options were available if a woman married. At last weeks Dixie Forum, Dr. Diana Spencer, a professor and administrator at Snow College, revealed the story of St. Leoba, a dynamic woman of her time. For the general population, the average life expectancy was about 30 years However, if a woman chose to go and live in a nunnery, the chances of growing old were much better. There werent only sexual double standards, said Spencer, but something happened the preceding century, during the Seventh Century, that made going into convents even more popular. That was a change in the property laws. Before the Eighth Century, a man would give his wife what was called a bride gift, which was property transferred into her name, and it was hers to keep no matter what. As to equity between the genders in case of divorce, if the woman felt she was being treated badly she could divorce her husband and have that property to make herself more attractable to someone else. Spencer explained that St. Leoba was one of those women who chose the life of the nunnery. Her date of birth is unknown, but she died in 782 AD. Most of her lifetime was spent in Germany helping St. Boniface, a beloved Catholic missionary, and she assisted him in spreading the gospel to a nation that had never heard it before. However, by the Eighth Century the laws changed dramatically, "So according to Spencer. "Boniface sent a letter to Tetta Mother Superior asking that Leoba join him in his missionary work in Germany, Tetta didnt said Spencer. instead of a wedding gift or a bride gift, what the husband then promised was that he would leave her a sufficient legacy so r that she could survive if she became a widow. But nothing belonged to her during his lifetime, so all the property rested in the hands of the man. Ifshe were widowed, she would come into property, and if she were to then remarry, that property would go to her new husband. of property that caused women to reconsider going into marriage the second time, or even a first time. Thesexu al double standard came in again, she said, because if a man cheated on his wife she had no resources whatsoever But if a wife was involved in infidelity, there were laws that described how he could dispose ofher Those changes in the laws seem to have made missionary life more attractive. And they had a chance to grow old" It was the distribution The things for which St. Leoba was most famous were her generosity to the nuns and her kindness toward others, plus many other attributes, according to Spencer. "She followed the rules of St. Benedict, which were really quite strict, but she made sure that the nuns would have a hot meal every day. And she made sure that they all had eggs, which wasnt always the case in many other abbeys." Employment fair brings big names Dixie Sun News Editor positions to i "After selling pesr control in the summer of 2001, I decided to give home security a try. I am glad I did; 1 made four times as much money! In the past six years Ive worked for many sales companies. NorthStars - Monday, March 3 7:00-8:0- 1.M. 0 Pizza Hur Call infonsalliance.com are also looking for people at o and BYU-Idah- you like to make money next summer so you dont have to work during the school year? Would sandwiches. And plenty of disposable plates. 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