Relief Society Women

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Aunt Em and the Gathering of the Wheat

By Jan

July 25, 2011

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 […]

Relief Society Wheat Project

By Jan Tolman

August 22, 2008

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In 1876, Brigham Young asked Emmeline B. Wells to organize, with the women, a wheat storage program. Emmeline’s husband, Daniel H. Wells, confessed the men had tried for years. Brigham Young said, “They have continued to let the grain go; now we want to see if the sisters will be more successful. Pres. John Taylor […]