by Guest Author | Nov 14, 2016 | Mormon Women Leaders
This article written by Katie Lambert appeared in the 7 November 2016 online edition of LDS Living.com. On the eve of Election Day, many are contemplating their vote and the results tomorrow will bring. But among those who fought for this right to cast their say in...
by Delisa Hargrove | Jan 13, 2014 | Inspiring Stories from Latter-day Saints
by Excerpts taken from Susannah Washburn Bowles’ biography of her mother Tamer Washburn (1805–1886). Tamer joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often inadvertently called the “Mormon Church,” in 1838 and continued full of faith in the Church...
by dwhite | Oct 30, 2013 | Mormon Beliefs
Extraordinary Mormon Women Women belonging to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have always done remarkable things. Emma Smith, first president of the Latter-day Saint women’s organization, told the women working with her, “We are going to do something...
by Lisa M. | Aug 3, 2013 | Historical Stories
Austin Hammer was born May 6, 1804, in South Carolina to John and Nancy Hammer. He married Nancy Elston on September 7, 1826, in Wayne County, Indiana. Nancy Elston was born February 2, 1806, in Lexington (now Fayette) County, Kentucky, to Josiah Elston and Rebecca...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | May 3, 2013 | Joseph Smith
Emma Smith was the wife of the first Mormon prophet, Joseph Smith. Throughout the years, she has remained a complex topic for both Mormons and non-Mormons. Many people have focused almost entirely on the decisions she made in the last years of Joseph Smith’s life and...