Relief Society

...in Salt Lake City. The Relief Society is far more than an organization of well-meaning women, General President Julie Beck told more than 19,000 women attending the General Relief Society meeting Saturday night. It is patterned after...

In this article: Julie B. Beck, Barbara Thompson, Henry B. Eyring, Utah State University, and Silvia Allred

...offices of the LDS Church. While the Quorum of the Seventy had a building in Nauvoo in the 1840s, the Relief Society is the only auxiliary organization in the LDS Church today which has a completely separate facility. This Relief Society...

In this article: Eliza R. Snow, Joseph Smith, Jr., Emma Hale Smith, John Taylor, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nauvoo, Illinois, and Elizabeth Ann Whitney

...with the rest of her family in 1833 and then moved to Kirtland, Ohio. The initial meeting in preparation for the organization of the Relief Society was held in her home. Sarah married Hiram Kimball and they moved west with the Mormon...

In this article: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Richard O. Cowan, Donald Q. Cannon, Eliza R. Snow, and Oliver Granger

Snow served as president of the Relief Society until her death in 1887. By 1888, the Relief Society had more than 22,000 members in 400 local wards and branches. Snow died on December 5, 1887, in Salt Lake City, and was buried in Brigham...

In this article: Eliza R. Snow, Joseph Smith, Jr., The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Brigham Young, Nauvoo, and Lorenzo Snow

...been born in the 20th century. A native of Salt Lake City, Utah, Smith succeeded Belle S. Spafford, who had been the Relief Society president for nearly thirty years, having taken up the position in 1945. Prior to her becoming president of...

In this article: Barbara B. Smith, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Barbara W. Winder, Belle S. Spafford, United States, Salt Lake Temple, and Salt Lake City, Utah