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Emma Smh

18421844

We are going to do something

extraordinary. . . . We expect extraordinary

occasions and pressing calls.1

R E l i E f S o c i E t y G E N E R A l P R E S i D E N t S

Am Brwn lman19401945

Little did the original members of the organi-

zation realize, as they walked to and from

their meetings in Nauvoo, how great their

beloved Society would become.8

luse y.Rbsn

19281939

Go where youre needed; do what you can.7

carssa S. Wams

19211928

We have been given such blessings as have

never been given to women in any other age,

and we should in every way endeavor

to live up to them.6

Emmene B. Wes

19101921

I want the sisters to study the scriptures

and become familiar with the Bible and

the Book of Mormon. Let them be holy

books unto you.5

Bahsheba W.Smh

19011910

Cease not while life lasts to study

diligently, for the knowledge which is

of greatest worth.4

Zna D. H. yung

18881901

May we as women of Zion, ever know

and honor our true position.3

Eza R. Snw

18681887

There is no sister so isolated, and her sphere

so narrow but what she can do a great deal

towards establishing the Kingdom of God

upon the earth.2

Bee S. Spard19451974

There is within this society a greatlife-giving element . . . binding together

women of all nationalities into a great

sisterhood, unifying them in purpose

and impelling them on to

worthy accomplishment.9

Jue B. Bek

2007

It is my desire that Latter-day Saint women

be strong and immovable in our faith in the

Lord Jesus Christ. We live and share

testimonies of Him and His restored gospel;

we uphold, nourish, and protect families;

and we provide relief to those in need.

Bnne D. Parkn

20022007

If I could have one thing happen for every

woman in this Church, it would be that they

would feel the love of the Lord in their lives

daily as they keep their covenants, exercise

charity, and strengthen families.

Mar Een W. Sm19972002

When we are truly converted, our focusshifts from self to others. We can find inner

strength through service. Nothing would

please the adversary more than for

us to be distracted by selfish concerns and

appetites. But we know better. Service will

help us to stay on course.13

Eane l. Jak19901997

I look forward with a perfect brightnessof hope to the offerings of Relief Society

sisters in the new century that is before us.

Our joy in the gospel of Jesus Christ and our

place in His plan will draw people to us and

change lives. We will lift and inspire a world

so desperately in need of goodness.12

Barbara W. Wnder19841990

And so it is that I feel for the sisters of theChurch this love, and sense the worth of each

individual. I want so, and desire so, that we

be unified, one together with the priesthood,

serving and building the kingdom of God

here today and spreading the joy of the gospel

to those who are so in need of it.11

Barbara B. Smh19741984

Women can begin in their own sphereswith their little children at home, among

adult friends, in their extended families, and

in their professions. But the important

thing is to reach out in love to serve

someone every day.10

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The following are short biographical sketches of the Relief Society general presidents.

Emma Smith was ng remembered r mnserng wh mpassn he needs her neghbrs. She marred

he Prphe Jseph Smh n 1827. ther shared ah and ve r eah her and her hdren enabed hem

weaher nense perseun and persna srrws. Emma beame he rs severa srbes asss Jseph n

ransang he Bk Mrmn, and she mped he rs hmna r he churh. Jseph Smh saed ha

Emmas een as presden a he undng meeng he Ree Se ued an 1830 revean he had

reeved dearng her be an ee ad aed Gd (D&c 25:3). in 1842, Emma ed a deegan Ree

Se wmen he e he gvernr ins, penng hm pre Jseph Smh and he Nauv

Sans. She was knwn as a remarkabe wman srengh and nuene.

Eliza R. Snow was we knwn as a pe and wrer hmn exs. She was eeed serear he femae Ree

Se Nauv, and she aer brugh he Sa lake Vae her rerd s meengs rm 1842 1844.

She was seaed Jseph Smh and aer hs deah marred Brgham yung and ved n hs husehd. in 1868,

Presden yung appned her asss bshps n reesabshng and reguarzng branhes he Ree Se

n a wards, and she drew rm he Nauv Ree Se mnues eah wmen he ses gudng pur-

pses and rganzana paern and predures. She presded ver Ree Se wrk rm 1868 1887, wrk-

ng wh laer-da San wmen esabsh churh assans r ung wmen and hdren, a wmens

newspaper and hspa, and Ree Se has and perave sres. She was knwn r her sprua gs and

r her deades nvvemen n empe rdnanes, and she emphaszed he sared, eerna sgnane am-

and mmun respnsbes.

Zina D. H. Young was a nururer and a heaer whn and bend her am re. She marred Henr Jabs

(wh whm she had w sns), was seaed Jseph Smh, and aer marred Brgham yung (wh whm she had

a daugher). She as reared as her wn he ur hdren carssa Rss yung, wh had ded. A mpeen

mdwe, she devered hundreds babes and mnsered he sk wh a h and mpassn. She raveed wh

Eza R. Snw srenghen Ree Se wmen and prgrams, supervsed wmens parpan n Uahs sk

ndusr, suppred meda ranng and surage r wmen, and vsed branhes he Ree Se n he

Sandwh isands, New yrk, and canada. As he ses genera presden rm 1888 1901, she heped bud

brdges wmen her ahs b aendng wmens ngresses a he 1893 Wrds cumban Expsn n

chag and supprng laer-da San wmens membershp n he Nana and inernana cuns

Wmen. She assembed wmen r he rs genera nerene he Ree Se and exhred hem gaher

en srenghen he bnds sserhd.

Bathsheba W. Smith was 79 ears d when she began her serve as he rganzans urh genera presden

(190110). Her upbrngng n a genee Vrgna panan nurured her reav and ve beau. She beame

a se-suen hmemaker wh wve h and adrned her hme wh qus, embrdered nens, and waer-

rs her wn desgn and makng. She marred Gerge A. Smh n 1841, and he beame parens a sn and

a daugher wh bre her names. Her sn was ked n 1860, and her husband ded n 1875. She aed n

empe rdnanes wh devn, servng n he Nauv tempe; he Endwmen Huse n Sa lake c; and

he lgan, Man, and Sa lake tempes. She engaged unger wmen n Ree Se b appnng unger

unsers he genera presden and esabshng mhers asses. She enuraged wmen be praeru and

eager earners.

Emmeline B. Wells was resen and resue and knew wmens haenges rshand. She experened he

desern her ung husband, James Harrs, and he deahs her aer husbands, Newe K. Whne and

Dane H. Wes; she s her n sn as a newbrn and w her ve daughers as ung wmen. Enm

reverses red her be se-rean. As edr he Womans Exponent rm 1877 1914, she deended he

churh agans s derars and advaed wmens surage and he equa wmen and men. She beame

a persna rend Susan B. Anhn and a harer member he Nana and inernana cuns

Wmen. She dreed he Ree Ses gran srage prgram and served as genera serear r 20 ears.

Durng her enure as genera presden, rm 1910 1921, he Ree Se adped a unrm paern es-

sns, a sa serve prgram, and an a puban, he Relief Society Magazine.

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Clarissa S. Williams was a sheaher and a wman hum and exepna exeuve ab. Her pres-

den wnessed an nrease Ree Se nvvemen n he mmun. A her remmendan he neres

arued rm he Ree Se whea und was used r heah, maern, and hd weare prjes. the Ree

Se Sa Serves Deparmen, esabshed n 1919, raned sa wrkers, und empmen r wmen,

and ered adpn serves. the Ree Se as raned nurses, aded reugees, and esabshed a maern

hme as par an emphass n maern and heah ssues. Sser Wams nsdered he suess heah are

ers ne he hghghs her presden. She and her husband, Wam N. Wams, had eeven hdren.

Louise Y. Robison grew up n Sp, Uah, where she earned muh abu mpassnae serve rm her

mher, a sake Ree Se presden. Sser Rbsn ved he empe and enjed he Ree Ses re

n he Bura chng Deparmen. She as ved mus, and durng her presden he Ree Se sngng

mhers hruses were rganzed. She ed he Ree Se durng he du ears he Grea Depressn,

durng whh he rganzan peraed wh gvernmen ree agenes and he Red crss and heped a he

grundwrk r he churh weare ssem. in 1937 he Ree Se pened Mrmn Handra, a shp where

wmen ud se her handwrk suppemen her am nme. Sser Rbsn and her husband, Jseph l.

Rbsn, had sx hdren.

Amy Brown Lyman, a ged admnsrar, ared deep abu sa wrk. fr 16 ears she dreed he rs

sa weare deparmen he churh, whh was par he Ree Se un 1969. She as served n he

Uah egsaure. Whe her husband was presden he Eurpean mssn, she presded ver he churh

wmens rganzans n Eurpe. Durng her presden he Ree Se eebraed s enenna wh a mem-

bershp 115,000. She ed he Ree Se durng Wrd War ii and emphaszed warme hr and emergen

preparedness as we as ree r war vms. A a me when war ndusres were pung man wmen n he

wrkre, Sser lman used n srenghenng ames and hampned he re mhers n he hme. She

and her husband, Rhard R. lman, had w hdren.

Belle S. Spafford, an abe eaher, wrer, and admnsrar, ed he Ree Se r near 30 ears. Aer

Wrd War ii he Ree Se heped wh ree ers r he pepe suerng n Eurpe. the rganzan

shpped hes, beddng, sap, and her neesses war-rn areas. Durng he 1950s he Ree Se

nreased s emphass n eduan, espea hmemaker eduan, and n sa serves. Ssers arund he

wrd rased unds r he Ree Se Budng, whh was dedaed n 1956. Membershp rues r he Ree

Se hanged durng he 1970s aumaa enr a laer-da San wmen ages 18 and der. Sser

Spard was wde knwn and respeed usde he churh as we, and rm 1968 1970 she served as

presden he Nana cun Wmen. She and her husband, Ws Ear Spard, had w hdren.

Barbara B. Smith demnsraed sund judgmen and erane as presden he Ree Se durng a me

nense n ver wmens ssues. She was en nervewed abu her sand agans he prpsed Equa

Rghs Amendmen he Uned Saes cnsun. She enuraged laer-da San wmen be nvved n

her mmunes and represen churh audes abu wmen whu beng mbave r dvsve. Sser

Smh nnued he Ree Ses emphass n dsaser ree, emergen preparedness, and weare. She as

emphaszed hmemaker eduan and he mprane he am. Durng her presden he Ree Se

grew abu w mn members wrdwde. Sser Smh asked he wmen he churh persna m-m a eme earnng and a ve serve. She and her husband, Dugas H. Smh, have seven hdren.

Barbara W. Winder s a wman grea mpassn and hum. Under her dren he Ree Se empha-

szed persna sprua and gave spea aenn he needs snge adu ssers and he am. Sser

Wnder summarzed he mssn he Ree Se n ur bas prnpes: budng ah and esmn,

srenghenng ames, gvng mpassnae serve, and susanng he preshd. Durng her presden he

genera ers he Ree Se, yung Wmen, and Prmar mved n he remdeed Ree Se

Budng, where he ud wrk mre se n a sserhd rganzans. B he end Sser Wnders

presden, he Ree Se had mre han hree mn members n 135 unres and errres. She env-

sned he Ree Se as an rganzan ha ud bess eah wman. She and her husband, Rhard W.

Wnder, have ur hdren.

Elaine L. Jack was rased n cardsn, Abera, canada. Her vsn Ree Se was haraerzed b her

ndene n he gdness wmen, n he unque nrbuns wmen make ndvdua and eve, and

n he mprane srenghenng ames. She enuraged ssers make char Never faeh a m suh

persna sgnane ha he whe wrd wud be bessed. Durng he 1992 Ree Se sesquenenna,

ssers hrughu he wrd engaged n serve prjes hep her ndvdua mmunes. As durng her

presden, a era er was naed b he Ree Se hep a churh members gan he bas readng

and wrng sks neessar read he wrd Gd and enurage eng gspe sud and se-mprvemen.

She and her husband, Jseph E. Jak, have ur sns.

Mary Ellen W. Smoot emphaszed he mprane wrkng se wh preshd eaders hep wmen and

her ames me un chrs. Sser Sm raveed mre han 200,000 mes durng her admnsran and

heped wh humanaran ers n Ksv. She served n he Wrd cngress r he fam cmmee. She

as pubshed he Ree Se dearan hep wmen reaze her dvne pena as daughers Gd.

Hmemakng meeng was repaed wh Hme, fam, and Persna Enrhmen meeng. the mnh vsng

eahng was rermaed us n gspe prnpes, srpures, and quans rm churh eaders. Sser

Sm waned he wmen he churh be sprua prepared mee her haenges. She and her husband,

Sane M. Sm, have seven hdren.

Bonnie D. Parkin augh ha a wmen ud ee he ve he lrd eah da as he kep her venans,

exersed har, and srenghened ames. Wh her haraers energ and deermnan, she used n

preparng and nururng ung wmen n he ransn rm uh wmanhd. Her desre was ha n Ree

Se, ssers a ages wud nd a pae where he e a hme n a bnd rus, rendshp, and suppr.

She as augh ha vsng eahng s he hear and su Ree Se. Wmen hrughu he wrd were

enuraged prae weare prnpes and share her me and aens n her wards and sakes. She and her

husband, James Parkn, have ur sns.

Julie B. Beck earned speak Pruguese as a ung gr and deveped a esmn he gspe Jesus chrs

n S Pau, Braz, where her aher presded ver he Brazan mssn. She aer earned Spansh, whh enabes

her speak whu nerprean ver 80 peren he near sx mn wmen n he churh. She has a

esmn he dvne re mherhd and he pwer and nuene rgheus wmen srenghen he

hmes Zn and bud he kngdm Gd n he earh. She desres ha Ree Ses resures be used

hep nrease ah n chrs, srenghen ames, and nnue s grand radn prvdng ree hse n

need. She and her husband, Ramn P. Bek, have hree hdren.

R E l i E f S o c i E t y G E N E RA l P RE S i D E N t S

Zina D.H. Young, 1929 Intellectual Reserve,Inc., courtesy MuseumofChurch History andArt; Bathsheba W.Smith,Emmeline B.Wells,Louise Y.Robison, courtesy MuseumofChurch History andArt;

Clarissa S.Williams, 1924 Intellectual Reserve,Inc.,courtesy Museumof Church HistoryandArt; Amy Brown Lyman, 1940 Intellectual Reserve,Inc., courtesy MuseumofChurch History andArt;

Elaine L.Jack, 1991 Busath.com;Mary Ellen W.Smoot, 1997 Busath.com;Bonnie D.Parkin, 2002 Busath.com;Julie B.Beck, 2007 Busath.com;background art Artbeats

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1. Nauv Ree Se Mnues, Mar. 17, 1842, 12.

2. Womans Exponent, Sep. 15, 1873, 62.

3. Womans Exponent, Apr. 15, 1889, 173.

4. Womans Exponent, Jan. 1906, 41.

5.Relief Society Magazine,Aug. 1919, 439.

6.Relief Society Magazine,De. 1921, 696.

7. in Bee S. Spard ora Hs r, churh Hsr lbrar, 40.

8.Relief Society Magazine,Mar. 1944, 139.

9.Relief Society Magazine,Mar. 1949, 148.

10.Ensign, Mar. 1984, 17.

11.Ensign, Ma 1984, 59.

12.Ensign, Ma 1997, 75.

13.Ensign, Ma 2002, 13.