Women of Covenant: The Story of Relief Society
by Janeth Russell Cannon, Maureen Ursenbach Beecher (Author), Jill Mulvay Derr (Author)
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On March 17, 1842, twenty women assembled in the upstairs room of Joseph Smith's red brick store in Nauvoo, Illinois, were organized as the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo. More than a century and a half later that organization, now known as the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has more than four million members in 165 countries and territories, uniting women all over the world.Women of the Covenant traces the rich history of the Relief Society, but its show more scope is much broader than that. As the authors write, it is "the story of women of the Church and the sacred promises that bind them to God and to the community of his saints." In 1842, Emma Hale Smith, the first president of the Relief Society, declared, "We are going to do something extraordinary." Women of the Covenant shows the extraordinary accomplishments of this unique sisterhood.
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I was skeptical at first when a friend gave this book to me, but pleased that I read it. It gave me an appreciation of the purpose of the Relief Society organization and those who worked so hard to build it into a world-wide organization. Often I have felt that Relief Society is for women with children or older women, but now I have a new understanding of its role. I also have a new admiration for those great, visionary women who led RS, but also started the primary, hospitals, welfare program and social services as a part of RS. They also helped others through difficult times such as the Great Depression and represented the church in the US women's organizations. This book is a fairly easy read with general vocabulary.
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- 1992
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- Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Sexuality and Gender Studies, History, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
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- 267.449332 — Religion Christian organization, social work & worship Associations for religious work Religious societies of women 19th century; denominational
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- BX8643 .R38 .D47 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Christian Denominations Christian Denominations Protestantism Other Protestant denominations Mormons. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
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