Morris - "A marvel and a wonder" : a writer's view on Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon / Angela Hallstrom - Plain, precious, and expansive : what Joseph taught about Jesus and his gospel / Keith A. Harper - "We found him to be a boy of truth" : the friends of young Joseph Smith / Larry E. Walker - Receiving grace for grace : Joseph Smith's conversion process / Rachel Cope - Hearing Him : the dilemma between head and heart that led to Joseph Smith's First Vision / Steven C. Staker - United and dedicated : Joseph Smith's family / Kyle R. The birth of a prophet : "a son whom we called Joseph" / Mark L. 19, 1870.Millions shall know Brother Joseph / LeGrand R. Kimball, “To His Excellency, the Acting Governor of the Territory of Utah, S. Grant, Amanda Barnes Smith, Harriet Amelia F. Delivered in the Tabernacle, Ogden, at a Relief Society Meeting, Thursday Afternoon, August 14th, 1873,” Woman’s Exponent 2, no. Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2017. At the Pulpit: 185 Years of Discourses by Latter-Day Saint Women. Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2016. The First Fifty Years of Relief Society: Key Documents in Latter-day Saint Women’s History. Jill Mulvay Derr, Carol Cornwall Madsen, Kate Holbrook, and Matthew J. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2009. Jill Mulvay Derr and Karen Lynn Davidson, eds., Eliza R. Salt Lake City: Utah State University Press, 1995. The Personal Writings of Eliza Roxcy Snow. Jennifer Reeder, Ph.D., is the nineteenth-century women’s history specialist at the LDS Church History Library, in Salt Lake City. She developed policy and procedure, demonstrated leadership and trained other women leaders, and taught and influenced the development of LDS gospel principles. Her poetry revealed high ambitions for women’s advancement, emphasizing female worth and calling for equality.Īs a leader of LDS women, Snow influenced the organization of the Cooperative Retrenchment Association (which empowered women to participate in civic activity and religious discourse and to develop intelligence inside and outside the domestic sphere) the Young Ladies Mutual Improvement Association (which encouraged girls and young women to become educated both secularly and religiously, and to prepare for public service) and the children’s Primary Association (which taught children good behavior and religious doctrine). Snow was hailed as “Zion’s Poetess.” Her 500-plus poems chronicled the history and theology of her people, commemorating individuals, events, and ideas. She served as general president of the church-wide Relief Society from 1880 until her death in 1887. Twenty-five years later, LDS Church President Brigham Young assigned her to organize local Relief Societies throughout Utah Territory. In Illinois in 1842, she was appointed secretary of the newly created Nauvoo Female Relief Society. Her mother taught her daughters domestic skills Eliza later supported herself with prize-winning needle work.Īfter joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1835, Eliza lived in Mormon settlements in Missouri, Illinois, Nebraska, and Utah. Her father served as justice of the peace and county commissioner, and Eliza worked as his secretary. Her family moved to the Ohio Western Reserve, where Eliza grew up and was educated. Snow was born in Becket, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Mann signed the territorial bill that legalized female suffrage in Utah, Snow wrote Mann “in behalf of the ladies of this Territory,” thanking him for “the honor you have conferred on our Honorable Legislature and on the ladies of Utah.” In February 1870, one week after territorial governor Stephen A. She encouraged women to act independently, speak publicly, participate in civic activity, and defend religious freedom. You will be astonished at what you can accomplish." By Jennifer ReederĮliza Roxcy Snow, one of Utah’s earliest settlers, worked to empower women.
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