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An Advocate for Women: The Public Life of Emmeline B. Wells, 1870–1920
Carol Cornwall Madsen
In her fifty years as a public figure, Emmeline B. Wells edited the
Woman’s Exponent, represented Latter-day Saint women in national
women’s organizations, courageously defended her religion in the halls
of Congress, and helped mitigate anti-Mormon sentiments, all before
becoming Relief Society General President in 1910 at age eighty-two.
Her mediating efforts won friends inside and outside LDS circles and
earned her a sculpted bust placed in a niche in the Utah state Capitol.
The simple inscription speaks volumes: “A Fine Soul Who Served Us.”
“Emmeline Wells left indelible footprints not only in Utah—where she
had a close working relationship with five church presidents—but on the
national stage, including interviews with four U.S. Presidents, one in
her own home. . . . Madsen broadens and deepens what she began in her
award-winning dissertation [on Wells’s life and work] to provide the
full, engaging story of this woman who both chronicled and made
history. Wells encouraged and inspired the women of her day. With
Madsen’s eloquent retelling, Emmeline’s accomplishments may now inspire
those of our own age, too.”
Ronald K. Esplin, Joseph Smith Papers general editor,
president Mormon History Association (2006–2007)
Price: $29.95
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