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An invitation from the White House has graced the hands of Sheri Dew.
She will now be serving as a White House delegate and private-sector adviser to the Commission on the Status of Women.
The CSW has two objectives. The first is the participation and access of women to the media. The second is human rights for women.
The CSW was established by the Economic and Social Council June 21, 1946, according to the United Nations Web site.
The commission will prepare recommendations and reports for the Economic and Social Council. The reports will promote political, economic, civil, social and educational fields regarding women’s rights, according to the Web site.
Dew has always been an advocate for women’s rights. In a talk given at the 1997 General Conference, the odds stacked up against women of today were discussed.
“This is a day when the adversary has launched an all-out attack against womanhood, because he knows — he absolutely knows — that the influence of a righteous woman is enormous and that it spans generations. He would have us be disinterested in marriage and motherhood, confused by the world’s view of men and women, too harried by the pace of life to really live the gospel and to let it penetrate our souls,” Dew said.
Dew has a long list of accomplishments including being the first woman president and CEO of Deseret Book. She is also a former second counselor in the Relief Society general presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
In an interview with Church News, Dew stated that her recent experience in serving in the Relief Society general presidency has given her a great love for the women of the world as well as the challenges they have to face.
Dew has also written two biographies on two LDS prophets, Ezra Taft Benson and Gordon B. Hinckley.
Dew is originally from Ulysses, Kan., and she entered the publishing business in 1978 as an assistant editor at Bookcraft. After spending three years in that position and another six as editor/associate publisher of This People Magazine, Dew decided to transfer to Deseret Book in 1988, again as an assistant editor. She was named director of publishing in 1989 and vice president of publishing in 1993. She was appointed executive vice president of Deseret Book in 2000.
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