Relief Society General President
1928–1939

Louise Y. Robison grew up in Scipio, Utah, where she learned much about compassionate service from her mother, a stake Relief Society president. Sister Robison loved the temple and enjoyed the Relief Society’s role in the Burial Clothing Department. She also loved music, and during her presidency the Relief Society singing mothers’ choruses were organized. She led the Relief Society during the difficult years of the Great Depression, during which the organization cooperated with government relief agencies and the Red Cross and helped lay the groundwork for the Church welfare system. In 1937 the Relief Society opened Mormon Handicraft, a shop where women could sell their handwork to supplement their family income. Sister Robison and her husband, Joseph L. Robison, had six children.