Relief Society
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The Relief Society is a philanthropic and educational women's organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was founded in 1842 in Nauvoo, Illinois, United States, and has more t
Emma Smith, wife of Joseph Smith, was the first General President of the Relief Society.
Red Brick Store where the Relief Society was organized
14th Ward Relief Society Hall circa 1893
Richmond, Utah Relief Society Hall. Built in 1880, one of the oldest known original Relief Society Halls.
Emma Smith
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Emma Hale Smith Bidamon was a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement and a prominent member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints as well as the first wife of Joseph Sm
Relief Society
…Taylor, and Willard Richards. Joseph Smith proposed the society elect a presiding officer and allow that officer to choose two counselors to aid her. Emma Smith was elected as president and then chose her two counselors, Sarah M. Cleveland and Elizabeth Ann Whitney. The three members of the Presidency were then…
Emma Hale Smith circa 1845 with David Hyrum Smith
Statue of Joseph and Emma Smith in Salt Lake City
Emma Smith in riding habit in Nauvoo. Emma and other women of Nauvoo would sometimes accompany the Nauvoo Legion on horseback.