To know the history, purpose, and destiny of the Relief Society
Belle must have been a very likable woman. Many women have hang-ups about power, authority, competition, but it doesn’t appear Belle suffered from anything like that. Mostly, she just wanted to keep a low profile, but when forced into position, tackled it with humility. Marion Isabelle Sims Smith was the youngest of seven children. Her mother […]
Amy Cassandra Brown was born February 7, 1872, in Pleasant Grove, Utah. She grew up to be the General Relief Society President during a changing world, where she would influence the sisters during WWI, the Great Depression, and WWII. There were many diseases and poor medical care during Amy’s youth; many loved ones died or became invalid because […]
Louise Yates Robison is one of our lesser known Relief Society Presidents, but you will learn to love and value her after reading this short life sketch. First, we need to start with the story of her remarkable mother; Elizabeth Francis Yates. Elizabeth was born and raised in England. She even married there and had […]
Bathsheba Bigler was born on May 3, 1822, in Shinnston, West Virginia. Her father was a Southern Gentleman and her mother came from a wealthy family. They lived on a 300-acre plantation where Bathsheba was raised in luxury and trained in the fine arts of embroidery and cloth production. She was an artist as well and […]
Clarissa Smith Williams was the daughter of George A. Smith and Susan West. Her mother’s sister wife was Bathsheba W. Smith (4th RS President), who was like a second mother to her. George A. was the Historian for the Church, so Clarissa was born and raised in the Historian’s office and home on South Temple […]
The third General Relief Society President, after Emma and Eliza, was Zina D. H. Young. Zina Diantha Huntington was born in Watertown, New York, on January 31, 1821. Zina’s uncle, Samuel Huntington, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Zina would be the second of the “Four Zina’s”; her mother being first. Her daughter, […]
Our beloved Eliza R. Snow was so instrumental to the women of the church in this last dispensation, it is hard to condense her history. I encourage you to read her poems, her hymns, and her writings. Eliza Roxey Snow was born in Massachusetts on January 21, 1804. At the age of two, her family […]
Our fifth General Relief Society President, Emmeline B. Wells, was an amazing woman. We need to remember her and her great work for us Emmeline Blanche Woodward was born in Petersham, Massachusetts on February 29th, 1828 (leap-year). Since her childhood years, she felt she was meant to accomplish something specific and significant. She was bright […]
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