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Women of the LDS Church

How Faithful Women are Influencing the Church Today

Semi-Annual LDS Guide • March 29, 2015

Women of the LDS Church

Table of Contents 3 Women of history sought temple blessings from Wilford Woodruff 5 A timeline of women throughout Latter-day history 6 Ladies First Word Search 8 Portraying Emma: Experiences two women had as they portrayed the ‘Elect Lady’ 10 Stanford professor teaches young women and girls how to code 13 Women’s Wisdom: Select General Conference quotations 14 Coloring pages for children of all ages To read these stories online go to

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Bob Williams Jennifer Durrant Stacy Johnson Lisa Kane Spenser Heaps Barbara Christiansen Keri Lunt Stevens Genelle Pugmire

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A time to honor women of faith

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elieve it or not, a great deal of contemplation goes into selecting themes and topics for the Daily Herald’s traditional LDS Guide as we help readers prepare for the General Conference sessions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I’ve had the honor of working on the semi-annual guide for the past three years as special sections editor and I can attest to the power of the brainstorming process that goes into creating this edition of the paper.

“Of all the creations of The most recent editions of the the Almighty, there is LDS Guide have focused on temple construction along the Wasatch none more beautiful, Front and flashing back to previnone more inspiring than ous decades, recounting pivotal General Conference addresses from a lovely daughter of God our prophets and apostles from who walks in virtue with the 1960s until now. These topics an understanding of why were selected after a great deal of thought and inspiration. she should do so, who Sharing construction updates of honors and respects her the temples being built in Payson and Provo and capturing tender body as a thing sacred accounts from volunteers assisting and divine, who cultivates in the open house for the re-dedication of the Ogden Temple was not her mind and constantly only inspiring, but also timely as enlarges the horizon of excitement builds for Utah Valley’s her understanding, who newest temples.

Recalling messages from our nurtures her spirit with general authorities on topics such everlasting truth.” as pride, food storage, missionary work, strengthening families and Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley even embracing single members of the church, while originally addressed decades ago, are messages that still resonate today.

Selecting “Women in the LDS Church” as the theme for this spring 2015 edition of the LDS Guide back in November, I was thrilled with the idea of sharing stories of influential women who have impacted and helped shape the LDS Church.

So I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised by the happy coincidence that the LDS Church, throughout the month of March, is focusing on women of the church as well.

Church websites, social media pages, and even the individual Facebook pages of the general presidencies of the Relief Society and Young Women’s organizations have all been featuring the strength of womanhood during the month of March — the month when the Relief Society was established 173 years ago. As you delve into the following stories of influential women living and serving among us, I encourage you to think about the ladies in your own life. Think of your sweet Primary teacher, your favorite Cub Scout den mother, your beloved grandmother. Think about the women who have helped shape you into the person you have become.

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Women of history sought temple blessings from Wilford Woodruff Genelle Pugmire DAILY HERALD

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omen of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may never read Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” or Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s, Sonnet 43: “How Do I Love Thee,” or Charlotte Bronte’s “Jane Eyre,” the same way ever again.

These ladies, and as many as 67 other eminent women in history, appeared to then-temple president Wilford Woodruff in 1877 in the St. George Temple seeking their temple blessings.

Most members of the LDS Church are familiar with the account of Woodruff being visited by the signers of the Declaration of Independence, along with other founding fathers and notable men in history such as Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci, asking that their temple ordinances be completed.

What may be less known is that historically prominent women also appeared at the same time.

These were women who all made their own contributions to history and to their families. Some were queens, some were authors, some poets, some patriots, some wives of highly regarded authors, some wives of the founding fathers.

Women like Marie Antoinette, Abigail Adams, Charlotte Bronte, Martha Washington, and many wives, mothers and daughters of the men who appeared in the temple in 1877.

In his journals President Woodruff recorded the following: “Every one of those men that signed the Declaration of Independence, with General Washington, called upon me as an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ, in the Temple at St. George, two consecutive nights, and demanded at my hands that I should go forth and attend to the ordinances of the House of God for them.

Marie Antoinette

Jane Austen

Abigail Adams

Martha Washington

“I straightway went into the baptismal font and called upon Brother McCallister to baptize me for the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and fifty other eminent men, making one hundred in all, including John Wesley, Columbus, and others.

“When Brother McAllister had baptized me for the 100 names I baptized him for 21, including

General Washington and his forefathers and all the Presidents of the United States — except three.

“Sister Lucy Bigelow Young went forth into the font and was baptized for Martha Washington and her family and 70 of the ‘eminent women’ of the world.”

The pioneer women who were proxies for the temple work have just as intriguing stories

and strong connections to those women they represented.

Lucy Bigelow Young, a polygamous wife of Brigham Young and mother of three girls, was directed in 1870 by President Young to moved her family to St. George. She was described as a woman of fair complexion, brown hair, blue eyes, medium height and a stout body.

She was assigned to be a temple worker and had her own personal experience with the visitation of Martha Washington.

In her later years Lucy Young traveled throughout the world, served a mission to the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) and eventually settled in Salt Lake City.

Susanna Keate, the polygamous wife of James Keate, was 64 years old when she helped do the temple work for Ann Fairfax Washington Lee, the wife of George Washington’s beloved half-brother.

Susanna taught school in St. George, but had been a friend of Woodruff’s since meeting him years earlier in London.

Anna Charlotte Eldridge Hinkle Chidester was a St. George Temple worker and did the endowment for Charlotte Corday and others. Known by Annie, she was married to William Hinkle and they had at least four children.

They eventually separated and she never saw any of the children again. She eventually became the polygamous wife of John Chidester.

After John’s death in 1892, and at some point before 1900, it is reported that Annie ended up in the Utah Insane Asylum with dementia. She died in 1902 and is buried in the Provo City Cemetery.

The stories of those spirits of women who appeared to Woodruff seeking temple blessings, and the pioneer women who stood in proxy for them, are as intriguing as any novel or history book one could read.

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1. Lady Sidney Morgan, Irish novelist

George Washington 13. Martha Dandridge, wife of George Washington

2. Mary Fairfax Summerville, Scottish mathematician 3. Letitia Elizabeth Landon, English poet 4. Emily Chubbuch Judson, New York author 5. Sarah Margaret Fuller, Massachusetts social reformer

14. Charlotte Corday Normandy, French patriot 15. Mrs. John Washington 16. Mrs. Henry Washington 17. Mrs. Lawrence Washington 18. Jane Butler, wife of Augustine Washington

6. Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet 7. Francis Locke (Osgood), Massachusetts poet 8. Hannah Moore, English religious author 9. Marie Antoinette, Queen of France 10. Empress Marie Theresa, mother of Marie Antoinette 11. Frances Burney, English novelist

19. Mildred Warner, mother of Augustine Washington

70 Eminent Women

24. Lady Catherine Pakenham, wife of Duke of Wellington 25. Elizabeth Dykes, wife of Thomas Moore

36. Elijah Gibbs

37. Catherine Maria Sedgwick, American novelist

48. Maria Edgeworth, English novelist

60. Miss Creagh, wife of John Curran

49. Sarah van Bough Livingston, wife of John Jay

61. Henrietta Fitzgerald, wife of Henry Grattan

38. Mary Russell Milford, English novelist and playwright

27. Mary O’Connell, wife of Daniel O’Connell

39. Ann Fairfax, wife of Lawrence Washington

51. Sarah Kemble Siddon, Wales actress

28. Miss Melbourne, wife of Lord Palmerston

40. Mary Philipse, Revolutionary War heroine

52. Dorothy (Dolly) Payne, wife of James Madison

64. Mrs. John Philip Kemble, wife of John Philip Kemble

29. Princess Charlotte of Wales

41. Martha Park Curtis, daughter of Martha Washington

53. Elizabeth Gurney, English social reformer

65. Eva Maria Veigel, wife of David Garrick

54. Felecia Dorothea Browne, English poet

66. Charlotte von Lingefeld, wife of Fredrick Schiller

30. Abigail Eastman, Revolutionary War patriot

42. Eleanor Calvert, wife of John Parke Custis

50. Jane Austen, English novelist

43. Maria Fackrell

55. Lydia Huntley, American author

32. Sarah Barnard, wife of Michael Faraday.

44. Euphrosyne Parepa, Scottish opera singer

56. Anna Murphy, Irish archeologist, author

21. Mary Ann Eden, wife of Henry Lord Brougham

33. Miss Shaw, wife of Thackary

57. Charlotte Bronte, English novelist

22. Miss Wilbanke, wife of Lord Byron

34. Martha Caldwell, wife of Patrick Calhoun

45. Countess Demetrius Parepa, mother of Euphrosyne

23. Mary Hutchinson, wife of William Wordsworth

35. Miss Judkin, wife of “Stonewall” Jackson

20. Charlotte Margaret Carpenter, wife of Sir Walter Scott

62. Fanny Henderson, wife of George Stephenson

26. Rachel Donelson, wife of Andrew Jackson

31. Grace Fletcher, wife of Daniel Webster

12. Mary Ball, mother of

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Women in LDS Church History 1842: Relief Society established in Nauvoo.

Emma Smith is president.

1848: Brigham Young sends Susa Gates, Elmina Shepard Taylor, Emmeline B. Wells, Romania B. Pratt Penrose, Aurelia Spencer Rogers and other LDS women to attend the Seneca Falls Convention to address equal rights and voting for women.

published by RS General Board. Shortly after, Relief Society magazine begins publication.

1920: U.S. grants women the right to vote.

1854: Indian Relief Society organized.

Matilda Dudley elected president. Purpose is to make clothing for Native American families.

1946: Joseph Fielding Smith officially ends the practice of women washing, anointing and administering blessings of healing to the sick, which was widely done in the early LDS church, by sanction of Joseph Smith.

1950: Juanita Brooks publishes “The Mountain Meadows Massacre,” a scholarly researched and compassionate treatment of the 1857 event.

1867: Eliza R. Snow becomes official Relief Society president.

She describes it’s new purpose to seek “not only for the relief of the poor, but accomplishment of every good and noble work.” She begins revitalizing local branches after a lull due to the Utah War. 1870: Utah territory grants women the right to vote.

Elizabeth Ann Whitney, Emmeline B. Wells (standing), and Eliza R. Snow.

1872: First publication of The Women’s Exponent, a newspaper for LDS women.

1873: Brigham Young sends women, such as Romania Pratt and Ellis Reynolds Shipp, east to receive training as doctors.

Shipp later founds the School of Nursing and Obstetrics in Salt Lake City.

1880: Aurelia Spencer Rogers organizes the first Primary Association. Later it is adopted church wide under the direction of Louise B. Felt, who served as president until 1925.

1880: John Taylor directs Elmina Shepard Taylor as the first general president of the young women’s organization, at the time called the Young Ladies’ National Mutual Improvement Association.

1882: The Relief Society establishes Deseret Hospital in Salt Lake City. Eliza R. Snow chairs the board, which is comprised of all women. Many of the physicians are women.

1889: Women Suffrage Association of Utah organized. Emily Richards organizes local units, primarily made up of local Relief Society units.

1896: Martha Hughes Cannon is elected as state senator from Salt Lake City, the first female state senator ever elected. She defeats her own husband, who is also on the ballot.

Her two terms focus on public health issues.

1898: First single women called to serve proselytizing missions. Amanda Inez Knight and Lucy Jane Brimhall are the first companions to go. They serve in England.

Before this, at least 200 women went on service missions with their husbands.

1909: First Presidency establishes firm doctrine on Heavenly Mother with statement: “man was begotten and born of heavenly parents… all men and women are in the similitude of the universal Father and Mother, and are literally the sons and daughters of Deity.”

1914: First standardized Relief Society lesson

1964: President Lyndon B. Johnson names Esther Eggerton Peterson, a BYU graduate, to the newly created post of Special Assistant for Consumer Affairs.

1969: First Presidency issues signed statement on birth control, strongly discouraging married couples from intentionally curtailing the conception and birth of more children. They claim it goes against the teaching to multiply and replenish the earth.

1971: All LDS women automatically become members of the Relief Society. Dues are abolished.

1972: The Equal Rights amendment, written

by Alice Paul in 1923, is passed by Congress, but awaits state ratification. It simply states, “equality of rights under the law shall not be denied by the U.S. on account of sex.” In 1976, the First Presidency and Relief Society president publicly oppose it. In 1979, Sonia Johnson, founder of Mormons for the ERA, is excommunicated. In the end, the ERA does not pass.

1974: First publication of The Exponent II, focusing on mormon women’s concerns from a feminist perspective.

1978: The prohibition against women praying in sacrament meeting is lifted.

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Anna Daines, playing Emma Smith, has her hair adjusted between takes while filming at the LDS Motion Picture Studio in Provo on Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is producing a film that will be shown at the renovated Priesthood restoration site in Pennsylvania.

PORTRAYING EMMA Experiences two women had as they portrayed the ‘Elect Lady’ Keri Lunt Stevens

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or two women who have played the part of Emma Smith on screen or stage, one thing’s for sure. It’s overwhelming to portray a woman you’ve idolized your entire life.

After accepting the role of the prophet’s wife for an upcoming LDS film, Provo actress Anna Daines said she had to lower the pedestal she had always kept

Emma on.

“I didn’t want to look at her as a perfect, wise person but as a human being with desires, fears and strengths,” Daines said.

So she studied church history and read books and letters written about and to the esteemed elect lady.

“Something that was fun for me was to learn how spunky she was,” Daines said. “We often think of religious individuals as being very quiet and reverent.

But Emma loved canoeing. She

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was independent, strong and willful but so full of faith.”

In the film, Daines, 25, portrays Emma as a young newlywed in Harmony, Pa. Without makeup and the ringlets the prophet’s wife is usually portrayed wearing, Daines shines a more authentic light on Emma’s everyday life of housework, washing clothes and kneading bread.

“I wanted to bring a human element to her, but I had to acknowledge parts of her that were super human,” Daines said, citing specifically Emma’s self control and grace through long suffering. “I don’t have her

strength and faith, but I tried my best to understand her and that was such a privilege.”

One of the most moving experiences came unexpectedly for Daines as she sat in the middle of a crowd while filming the forming of the church.

There were dozens of extras in the room, making it hot and stuffy, she said. One actor was repeatedly going through his lines.

As she sat there, uncomfortable, Daines said, something changed. As she listened, she was overwhelmed with knowledge, faith and gratitude of the beauty

“Emma was stronger than any woman I know of. She endured hardships that none of us can even comprehend.”

Arlene Provstgaard

Arlene Provstgaard poses for a photo in the “Heritage House” that occupies a room at her Payson home on Friday, March 13, 2015.

A piece of driftwood fished from the Mississippi and made into a piece of furniture in Nauvoo holds collectibles in the “Heritage House” that occupies a room at Arlene Provstgaard’s Payson home on Friday, March 13, 2015.

Arlene Provstgaard poses for a photo in the “Heritage House” that occupies a room at her Payson home on Friday, March 13, 2015.

and truthfulness of what was being said.

“It made me revise my testimony, revisit my commitment and ultimately reconnect with those in church history,” she said.

The film, which has the working title “Days Never to Be Forgotten,” will be a 22-minute narrative told from the standpoint of Oliver Cowdery, according to lds. org. It’s set to be released in fall of this year.

For Payson’s Arlene Provstgaard, 81, the stage for playing Emma Smith was smaller, the environment a bit more intimate.

During the last two years, she has stood in front of the sisters of her LDS ward’s Relief Society three times and told about the life of Emma Smith in first person.

“Emma was stronger than any woman I know of,” Provstgaard said. “She endured hardships that none of us can even comprehend.”

In her portrayal, Provstgaard said she didn’t want to show Emma as being perfect, but as a strong woman who was feisty and faithful.

“I don’t know if anyone could do her justice,” Provstgaard said.

“As I talked about her, a lot of times I would get choked up because I felt like I needed to say the words right on her behalf.”

Having served an LDS mission in Nauvoo, Provstgaard has on hand authentic period clothing and shoes she and her husband Tom wore while volunteering at historical church sites.

It was there she gained a deep love for the prophet and his beloved companion.

“To walk where those people walked and tell about their persecutions and love of the gospel was a privilege and it deepened my testimony,” she said. “I never knew I could care that deeply.”

Since then, researching church history paraphernalia and collecting family heirlooms has become her passion. Portraying Emma is just the icing on the cake.

“Being able to talk about Emma in first person made me feel much closer to her. Made me feel like there were things she wanted me to say about her that I didn’t want any misunderstandings about Emma,” Provstgaard said. “I love Emma and I hope I’m good enough to see her some day.”

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Girl D Code Stanford professor teaches young women, girls how to code

Barbara Christiansen DAILY HERALD

on’t tell Cynthia Lee you can’t do something. She’ll never believe you. But she goes one step further, and teaches you how to do it.

She put together a day of instruction for young women and girls in her stake in California of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in an effort to help them bolster their skills and confidence.

Concerned about their reaction if the actual purpose of the event were revealed, the day’s activities were initially touted as a type of service project. There actually was a relationship to service.

“There, I gave away the secret sauce recipe here in the first section: it’s all about service,” Lee wrote in her blog. “Research shows that one reason the tech industry has so few women

is that after being equally interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) in elementary school, girls turn away from STEM in junior high.

“One reason for this is that girls at that age are highly influenced by an altruism motive.

This manifests in interests and aspirations associated with helping cute, helpless things: veterinarian, teacher, caring for babies, rescuing animals, radicalizing on environmental issues, etc.

“Unfortunately, girls don’t associate STEM with helping people, and often our attempts at outreach for STEM exacerbate this (‘Come learn to program and make yourself a millionaire overnight founding a meaningless startup!’). My goal was to show that there is a strong association between STEM (and working toward developing talents generally) and service to others.”

At the event, there was a chance for service right away. In the morning, Young Women (ages 12-18), learned about computer programming

Courtesy Stephanie Huang Porter

Christina McQuinn and Kalea Porter use ASCII to write their names, so they can create bead bracelets using code, part of an effort to help them learn to do computer coding. Cynthia Lee saw a need for the young women and younger girls to be more involved in coding, and created a learning experience in her stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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and applied those teachings in the afternoon when they showed Activity Day girls (ages 8-11), how to use the computer coding.

“The big goal was to overcome that first step and have everyone experience and believe this is something they can do,” Lee said in a telephone interview. “I think it was very successful.”

And she’s not the only one.

“Cynthia Lee is a treasure to us,” said Russell Hancock, a counselor in the Menlo Park LDS Stake Presidency. “She is on the Stanford faculty, teaching in the computer science department, one of a very few women teaching in her field. She’s demanding in the classroom, and very popular among the students. She’s insanely bright and capable, passionate about research and teaching, and the best possible role model we could put in front of the young women in our stake.

“We’re so anxious for our young women to grow up with a sense of limitless possibility.

We’re also eager for them to tackle hard problems and cultivate their minds. So we were thrilled to have Cynthia in front of our girls, inspiring them and empowering them. The girls thought it was terrific and they’re hungry for more. Code camp is going to be an ongoing offering of our program for young women.”

The mother of a 10-year-old participant also was enthusiastic about the event.

“Cynthia introduced the session and talked about how she had a super power,” Stephanie Huang Porter wrote in an email. “She also

Courtesy of Stephanie Huang Porter

Cynthia Lee handing over the superhero cape to Kalea Porter who answered “the color yellow” to the question, “using RGB, what color would you get from 255 255 50?”

introduced some different coding languages. One of those was RGB (Red, Green, Blue). Essentially all colors in a computer are made by mixing different levels of these three colors. The first number corresponds to red, then green, then blue. The degrees of how much color will range between 0-255 — 0 would be no color. Cynthia asked the room of girls what 255 255 50 would be.

My 10-year-old was the only one that popped her hand up like Hermione (from the “Harry Potter” series), and answered, yellow. Cynthia then took

off her red cape, and asked my daughter if she wanted to wear it, which of course she did. That’s how you empower girls. Seeing my daughter, unafraid, and excited to learn something new, is thrilling.”

“The coding activity was a smashing success,” said stake Young Women’s president Lygia Jarvis.

“This event was well attended. Cynthia captivated the girls’ attention by telling them she had superpowers that she would share with them. Her presentation was intriguing and easy to follow.

The young women seemed genuinely interested.

It was a fantastic way to expose them to this skill that everyone should have — coding — and help them see their potential and capacity in doing so.

“We capped off the event by having the young women provide service by teaching some of what they learned to the activity days girls in turn. We were blessed to have Cynthia share her knowledge and enthusiasm about this topic with the young women in our stake.”

Lee said she hoped others might try the same idea. “I hope this is something that can go viral,” she said. “I hope we will be hearing from stakes around the world.”

To the young women and girls, she said, “We all have a divine nature. The sky is the limit in terms of our abilities and our talents. You just have to have the courage to try it and the perseverance to keep at it and put in the work to develop it.”

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WOMEN’S WISDOM

Select General Conference Words of Inspiration from LDS Women Auxillary Leaders

“There’s not just one right way to be a Mormon woman, as long as we are firmly grounded in faith in the Savior.”

–Chieko Okazaki first counselor Relief Society General Presidency, 1990-1997

“God rarely moves the mountains in front of us but he always helps us climb them.”

–Sheri Dew, General Relief Society 2nd Counselor, 1997-2002

“Satan does not want you to think you can change.

He will try to convince you that all is lost. That is a lie. You can return.

You can repent. You can be pure and holy because of the Savior’s infinite atonement.”

–Elaine S. Dalton Young Women General President, 2008-2013

“We just need to relax and rejoice in our divine differences. We need to realize that we all desire to serve in the kingdom, using our unique talents and gifts in our own ways. Then we can enjoy our sisterhood and our associations and begin to serve.”

“It does not matter if we are not yet perfect and complete.

We are devoted disciples who reach out and help each other along the way. Our sisterhood reaches across the generations to those faithful sisters who have walked before.”

–Linda K. Burton, Relief Society General President, 2012-current

–Bonnie L. Oscarson, Young Women General President, 2013-current

“When you love, watch over, and serve others in small and simple ways, you are actively participating in the work of salvation, God’s work, ‘to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.’”

–Carole M. Stephens, first counselor Relief Society General Presidency, 2012-current

“We may live in different countries and cultures, but as women our purpose is the same. And that unity and spirit is needed in this day.”

–Rosemary M. Wixom, General Primary President, 2010-current Daily Herald March 29, 2015 WOMEN OF THE LDS CHURCH 13

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I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them (1 Nephi 3:7).

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