To know the history, purpose, and destiny of the Relief Society
For a couple of years now, Relief Society women have struggled with RS Meetings. The General Board changed the name a couple of times, and somehow in the confusion we all just settled for what was easy. Relief Societies have resorted to parties, a few Super Saturdays, and dinners. Last April, Sis. Burton urged […]
Don’t ever underestimate your work as a Visiting Teacher, or in this case a Relief Society Magazine representative. Before 1970, The Relief Society Magazine, when purchased for $1 per year, gave you membership into the Relief Society. Sisters were called to be representatives, and asked to get everyone to subscribe to the magazine. There was […]
I have been fascinated with RS Pres. Amy Brown Lyman’s journey in organizing the Relief Society’s work in Social Work. It’s an amazing story and shows what our Relief Society is capable of doing when leaders go the extra mile by focusing on saving souls. Relief Society has been in the humanitarian business for 170 […]
After studying the history of our Relief Society, I am amazed at how industrious these women were. Granted, there was nothing in the Salt Lake Valley, when they got here. They literally had to reinvent whatever they needed. But the women were there to help the men every step of the way. The women took […]
We have been taught so many things over the years. Because of modern technology we are able to actually dig up old talks and relearn what was once learned. I love the fact that we have access to all of the conference addresses EVER given and can glean such great words as this. The following […]
I hope most of you are familiar with the Relief Society’s work in gathering wheat; and how it was a huge contributing factor to the Welfare Department. This is the story: Sister Emmeline B. Wells became associate editor of the Woman’s Exponent in 1875 and editor in 1876. “Aunt Em”, as she was affectionately called, is […]
I love finding these articles that give you a snapshot of what it was like “way back when”. Enjoy this article from the Relief Society Magazine in Mar 1939. “According to one of our great modern thinkers, we Americans have experienced “seven adventures in pioneering”: first, for spiritual freedom—the right to worship God as conscience […]
Relief Society had always been a Mormon community organization, even as it stretched across the world through missions and settlements mostly made up of Utah Mormons living in different parts of the world. Occasionally though, Relief Society could raise its powerful head and make the rest of the world listen. For ten years, between 1919 […]
When did the interest of genealogy begin? There were family organizations in the 1700s, and the American Antiquarian Society was founded in 1812. By 1845, eleven states already had historical societies. And of course, prominent American families were interested in their attachment to European Royalty and had records to prove it. But, did you know that […]
There have been midwives since the beginning of time. As I have learned in my reading, the early women in the church would attend one another, blessing the new mother with health and strength, washing her, anointing her, and preparing her for this moment of birth and creation. This has always been a holy time […]
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