The contributions of women in the Church
From the earliest days of the Church, women have worked alongside men to bring the restored gospel of Jesus Christ to the world. Faithful women have driven wagons, pulled handcarts, cared for their families, and helped build cities. They have also served as missionaries, taught the gospel throughout the world, and worked to relieve suffering in their own communities as well as abroad. Emma Smith, the wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith, acted as an early scribe as Joseph translated the Book of Mormon. She supported Joseph through persecutions and mobbings and helped him in his work of establishing the Church. Emma Smith became the first president of the Relief Society. Under her capable direction, the women of the Church built an organisation that has become the largest women’s organisation in the world. Eliza R. Snow followed Emma Smith as president of the Relief Society. She was a prolific poet, publishing hundreds of poems and many texts for hymns that are still used throughout the Church today. She also helped found the Church’s Young Women and Primary organisations and energetically promoted numerous civic projects. Emma Smith and Eliza R. Snow are just two of the thousands of women who contributed to the early establishment of the Church through their strength, courage, and faith in God. Women of the Church today continue to build and strengthen the Church across the world.
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