Relief Society General Presidents


President Lorenzo Snow, in speaking to a group of Relief Society sisters, said, “You have ever been found at the side of the Priesthood, ready to strengthen their hands and to do your part in helping to advance the interests of the kingdom of God” (Daughters in My Kingdom, 7). Since the Restoration, the Lord through His prophets has called women to direct the Relief Society. Click the images below to learn more about the women who have fulfilled this sacred responsibility.

Emma Hale SmithEliza Roxcy SnowZina Diantha Huntington YoungBathsheba W. Smith
Emmeline B. Woodward WellsClarissa Smith WilliamsLouise Yates RobisonAmy Brown Lyman
Belle Smith SpaffordBarbara Bradshaw SmithBarbara Woodhead WinderElaine Low Jack
Mary Ellen Wood SmootBonnie Dansie ParkinJulie Bangerter BeckLinda Kjar Burton

“The larger part of the work of Relief Society today is ‘to look after the spiritual welfare and salvation … of all the female members of the Church” (Handbook 2, 9.1.2).

 

 

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