I think the speaker here-- Laurel Thatcher Ulrich-- had another notion in mind? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel_Thatcher_Ulrich

Went to BYU law school for about ten days back in 1982 as a non-Mormon on a merit scholarship. The women there did not seem all that well behaved. Maybe they were trying to make some history? Ms. Ulrich seems to stress the importance of ordinary people in making history.