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I first encountered Emmeline Wells' story in a one woman play performed by Joan Oviatt entitled "Sixth Wife" that manages to mix both the personal and public life of the woman into one performance and fueled my interest in her biography
I first encountered Emmeline Wells' story in a one woman play performed by Joan Oviatt entitled "Sixth Wife" that manages to mix both the personal and public life of the woman into one performance and fueled my interest in her biography.
Author Carol Cornwall Madsen. The other half of Emmeline’s story is told in a recently published book, "Emmeline B. Wells: An Intimate History".
An Advocate for Women book. Probably the best biography I ever read. Tons of Utah and suffrage history, and Emmeline B. Wells was incredible.
Biography portal Latter Day Saint movement portal An Advocate for Women: The Public Life of Emmeline B. Wells, 1870-1920. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University.
Biography portal Latter Day Saint movement portal. Emmeline Whitney approached Daniel H. Wells, a friend of her late husband and a prominent civic leader, about marriage. In 1852, she became his seventh wife, bearing him three daughters. An Advocate for Women: The Public Life of Emmeline B.
Emmeline B. Wells served as a public figure for the Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints for fifty years at the end of the nineteenth century
Emmeline B. Wells served as a public figure for the Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints for fifty years at the end of the nineteenth century. In 1910, at age eighty-two, she became Relief Society General President.
MHA BEST BOOK AWARD Carol Cornwall Madsen, An Advocate for Women: The Public Life of Emmeline B. Wells, 1870-1920; Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press and Deseret Book Publishing 2006. SMITH-PETTIT BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD Vickie Cleverly Speek God has Made Us a Kingdom: James Strang and the Midwest Mormons.
An Advocate for Women. The Public Life of Emmeline B Wells, 1870-1920. By Carol Cornwall Madsen. Emmeline B. In 1910, at age eighty-two, she became Relief Society General President
Emmeline Wells is my grandmother's great aunt! Leading women of Utah front row, from left, Jane S. Richards, Emmeline Wells; middle row, Phoebe Woodruff, Isabelle Horne, Eliza R. Snow, Zina Young, Marinda Hyde; back row, Dr. Ellis R. Shipp, Bathsheba W. Smith, Elizabeth Howard, D. .
Emmeline Wells is my grandmother's great aunt! Leading women of Utah front row, from left, Jane S. Smith, Elizabeth Howard, Dr. Romania Pratt Penrose in this, Utah State Historical Society photo. Zina Young was the third Relief Society general president and was succeeded by Bathsheba W. Smith, who was succeeded by Emmeline Wells. Uta. Queen of Makeovers ♥. Ancestors - Mother's Side. Early life An Advocate for Women: The Public Life of Emmeline B. She served as the fifth Relief Society General President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1910 until her death. Emmeline Blanche Woodward was born in on February 29, 1828 in Petersham, Massachusetts An Advocate for Women: The Public Life of Emmeline B.
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Emmeline B. Wells served as a public figure for the Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints for fifty years at the end of the nineteenth century. She edited the Woman’s Exponent, represented LDS women in national women’s organizations, defended her religion in the nation’s capitol, and worked to mitigate anti-Mormon sentiments. In 1910, at age eighty-two, she became Relief Society General President.Wells was a leading figure in LDS politics and women’s suffrage, helping to close the gap of misunderstanding between church members and the general public. Soon after her death in 1921, she was honored with a marble bust in the Utah’s capital building, the simple inscription aptly reading only “A Fine Soul Who Served Us.”