The First Fifty Years of Relief Society Introduction Part 1: 1830–1845 Part 1: 1830–1845 1.1 Revelation, July 1830 (Doctrine and Covenants 25) 1.2 Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book 1.2 Nauvoo Relief Society Minute BookPart 1: 1830–1845 1.2.1 March 17, 1842 1.2.2 March 24, 1842 1.2.3 March 31, 1842 1.2.4 April 14, 1842 1.2.5 March 31 and 29, 1842, Donations 1.2.6 April 19, 1842 1.2.7 April 28, 1842 1.2.8 May 12, 1842 1.2.9 May 19, 1842 1.2.10 May 26, 1842 1.2.11 May 27, 1842 1.2.12 June 9, 1842 1.2.13 June 23, 1842 1.2.14 July 7, 1842 1.2.15 July 14, 1842 1.2.16 August 4, 1842 1.2.17 August 31, 1842 1.2.18 September 28, 1842 1.2.19 Copied Documents, March 31 and April 2, 1842 1.2.20 June 16, 1843 1.2.21 July 7, 1843 1.2.22 July 15, 1843 1.2.23 July 21, 1843 1.2.24 July 28, 1843 1.2.25 August 5, 1843 1.2.26 August 13, 1843 1.2.27 August 1843, Undated Meeting 1.2.28 September 2, 1843 1.2.29 September 1843, Eleventh Meeting of the Society, Second Ward 1.2.30 September 15, 1843, Minutes of the Twelfth Meeting of the F R Society 1.2.31 September 15, 1843, Minutes of the Thirteenth Meeting of the Society 1.2.32 October 14, 1843 1.2.33 March 9, 1844 1.2.34 March 16, 1844 1.3 “Ladies’ Relief Society,” April 1, 1842 1.4 Eliza R. Snow, “The Female Relief Society of Nauvoo,” July 1, 1842 1.5 Nauvoo Female Relief Society, Petition to Thomas Carlin, circa July 22, 1842 1.6 Emma Smith and Others, Statement, October 1, 1842 1.7 Sarah M. Cleveland, Letter to the Nauvoo Female Relief Society, May 1, 1843 1.8 Nauvoo Female Relief Society, Report, June 30, 1843 1.9 Susan Cuthbertson, Application to Nauvoo Female Relief Society, circa September 1843 1.10 William W. Phelps with Emma Smith Revisions, “The Voice of Innocence from Nauvoo,” February–March 1844 1.11 Ellen Briggs Douglas, Letter to Family Members, April 14, 1844 1.12 Boston Female Penny and Sewing Society, Minutes, January 28, 1845 1.13 Brigham Young, Discourses, March 9, 1845 (Excerpts) 1.14 Eliza R. Snow, “My Father in Heaven,” October 1845 Part 2: 1854–1866 Part 2: 1854–1866 2.1 Great Salt Lake City Relief Society, Minutes, January–June 1854 2.2 Joseph Smith, Discourses to Nauvoo Female Relief Society, March 31 and April 28, 1842, as Revised for “History of Joseph Smith,” September 5 and 19, 1855 2.3 Salt Lake City Fourteenth Ward Relief Society, Report, 1856–1858, as Published in “Relief Society in the Early Days,” July 1, 1895 2.4 Lucy Meserve Smith, Account of Relief Society in 1856, as Recorded in “Historical Sketches,” June 12, 1889 (Excerpt) 2.5 Priscilla Merriman Evans, Account of Relief Society in 1856–1870, as Recorded in Autobiography, circa 1907 (Excerpt) 2.6 Cedar City Ward Relief Society, Minutes, September 10 and December 10, 1857, and March 11, 1858 Part 3: 1867–1879 Part 3: 1867–1879 3.1 Brigham Young, Discourse, December 8, 1867 (Excerpt) 3.2 “Female Relief Societies,” December 10, 1867 (Excerpt) 3.3 Salt Lake City Seventh Ward Relief Society, Minutes, January 4 and 28, 1868 3.4 Brigham Young, Discourse, April 8, 1868 (Excerpt) 3.5 Eliza R. Snow, Account of 1868 Commission, as Recorded in “Sketch of My Life,” April 13, 1885 (Excerpt) 3.6 Eliza R. Snow, “Female Relief Society,” April 18 and 20, 1868 3.7 Salt Lake City Thirteenth Ward Relief Society, Minutes, April 18, 1868 3.8 Eliza R. Snow, Letter to Augusta B. Smith, circa May 7, 1868 3.9 Sarah M. Kimball and Eliza R. Snow, “Duty of Officers of F R Society,” circa May 1868 3.10 Sarah M. Kimball, Annual Message, circa December 1868 3.11 Brigham Young, Discourse, February 4, 1869 3.12 Minutes of “Ladies Mass Meeting,” January 6, 1870 3.13 Minutes of “Great Indignation Meeting,” January 13, 1870 3.14 “Female Suffrage in Utah,” February 8, 1870 3.15 Ladies’ Cooperative Retrenchment Meeting, Minutes, February 10, 1870 3.16 Ladies’ Cooperative Retrenchment Meeting, Minutes, February 19, 1870 3.17 Eliza R. Snow and Others, Letter to Stephen A. Mann, and Stephen A. Mann Reply, February 19, 1870 3.18 Young Ladies’ Department of the Ladies’ Cooperative Retrenchment Association, Resolutions, May 27, 1870 3.19 Nephi Ward Relief Society, Minutes, August–September 1870 3.20 Eliza R. Snow, Discourse, July 24, 1871 3.21 “Woman’s Exponent. A Utah Ladies’ Journal,” June 1, 1872 3.22 Hyrum Ward Relief Society, Report, October 9, 1872 3.23 Eliza R. Snow, Discourse, August 14, 1873 3.24 Eliza R. Snow, Report to Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, March 1876 3.25 Committees on the Grain Movement, Minutes, November 17, 1876 3.26 Weber Stake Relief Society, Minutes, July 19, 1877 3.27 John Taylor, Discourse, October 21, 1877 (Excerpt) 3.28 Weber Stake Relief Society, Minutes, October 30, 1877 3.29 Mary Isabella Horne and Others, Letter to Salt Lake Stake Relief Society, January 15, 1878 3.30 Aurelia Spencer Rogers, Reminiscences of August 1878, as Published in “History of Primary Work,” 1898 Part 4: 1880–1892 Part 4: 1880–1892 4.1 Emmeline B. Wells, “Women’s Organizations,” January 15, 1880 4.2 Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Circular Letter, April 16, 1880 (Excerpt) 4.3 Jane Wilkie Hooper Blood, Diary Entries for May 1880–September 1883 (Excerpts) 4.4 Salt Lake Stake Relief Society, Report, June 18 and 19, 1880 4.5 General Relief Society Meeting, Report, July 17, 1880 4.6 Belinda Marden Pratt, Diary Entry, September 5, 1880 4.7 Indianola Ward Relief Society, Minutes, September 16, 1880 4.8 Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Draft Circular Letter, October 6, 1880 (Excerpt) 4.9 Eliza R. Snow, “Instructions to the Secretaries of the Relief Society,” January 1882 4.10 Sarah M. Kimball, Reminiscence, March 17, 1882 4.11 Report of Deseret Hospital Dedication, July 17, 1882 4.12 Eliza R. Snow and Sarah M. Kimball, “The Relief Society,” March 1, 1883 4.13 Sandwich Islands Relief Society, Report, October 5, 1883 4.14 Eliza R. Snow, “To the Branches of the Relief Society,” September 12, 1884 4.15 “Mormon” Women’s Protest, 1886 (Excerpt) 4.16 Eliza R. Snow, Letter to Salt Lake Stake Relief Society, December 9, 1886 4.17 Emma Anderson Liljenquist, Reminiscences of 1887, in “The Story of My Life,” circa 1948 (Excerpt) 4.18 Emmeline B. Wells, Letter to Zina D. H. Young, April 24, 1888 4.19 Wilford Woodruff, Letter to Emmeline B. Wells, April 27, 1888 4.20 Franklin D. Richards, Discourse, July 19, 1888 4.21 San Juan Stake Relief Society, Report, November 27, 1888 4.22 Marion E. Scoles, Letter to the Exponent, circa December 1888 4.23 Zina D. H. Young, Letter to Eliza Stewart Udall, March 19, 1889, and Eliza Stewart Udall Reply, March 31, 1889 4.24 Zina D. H. Young, Discourse, April 6, 1889 4.25 Emery Stake Relief Society, Report, October 17, 1890 4.26 Zina Y. Card, Letter to the Exponent, November 20, 1890 4.27 Emmeline B. Wells, “A Glimpse of Washington,” March 1, 1891 4.28 Report of Relief Society Jubilee, March 17, 1892 Reference Materials Reference Materials Acknowledgments General Presidencies of the Relief Society, Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association, and Primary Association, 1842–1892 Works Cited Index