Item Detail
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25958
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English
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Keeping a Secret : Freemasonry, Polygamy, and the Nauvoo Relief Society, 1842-44
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Journal of Mormon History
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Fall 2013
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39
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4
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Mormon History Association
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158-181
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The Nauvoo Relief Society had a secret to keep, though it came about quite innocently. When Sarah M. Kimball, her seamstress (Miss Cook), and some neighbors devised a plan to form a Ladies' Society in 1842, the first person they thought of to help with the organization was Eliza R. Snow. This talented writer could easily draft a constitution and bylaws for a society of women desiring to come together to combine means and labor to assist in building the temple and other good works. After she completed the document, Eliza read it to Joseph Smith, who praised her efforts but announced that he had a different order in mind for the women. The Prophet directed Eliza to invite the sisters to "meet me and a few of the brethren in the Masonic Hall over my store next Thursday afternoon, and I will organize the sisters under the priesthood after the pattern of the priesthood." [From the article]
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