LDS Women's History
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Martha McBride Knight Smith Kimball
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On her 37 th birthday, Martha Knight joined Philinda Merrick, a woman who had already or would soon become her sister wife, at the foun...
Saturday, May 13, 2017
Desdemona Fullmer (Smith Benson McLane)
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After joining the church, Desdemona Fullmer fled persecution after persecution. She arrived in Kirtland during a period when many were a...
Sunday, May 7, 2017
Elvira Cowles (Holmes)
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At the first Relief Society meeting, Elvira Cowles was nominated as the treasurer for the society. Elvira was diligent in her work. The ...
Friday, March 17, 2017
Sophia Bundy Packard
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Sophia Bundy Packard and her husband, Noah, were introduced to the church by their neighbors, the Jolly family. They had originally piti...
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Sarah M Kingsley Howe Cleveland
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When Joseph Smith called for suggestions on the name for the women’s organization of the church, Sarah M Cleveland, newly ordained to se...
Friday, March 3, 2017
Philinda Clark Eldredge Merrick Keeler
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Philinda Merrick had known tragedy by the time she joined that first Relief Society meeting. Driven from her home in Missouri in 1838, her...
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
2017 Theme: In the beginning
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175 years ago, twenty women sat together in the upper room of a red brick store. They were organized under the pattern of the priesthood, an...
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