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English
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Women of Power: The Influence of Mother and Daughter
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Springville, UT
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Cedar Fort, Inc.
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"In 1847, seventeen-year-old Lucy Bigelow became Birgham Young's forty-third wife, a decision that would alter her fate and cement her story in Church history forever. Known for her sweet temperament and strong spiritual insights, Lucy determined that if she was going to be happy in circumstances where she was surrounded by wives and responsibilities of this complex family, she would have to make herself useful. And so she did. During her lifetime of faithful service, and using the gifts of the Spirit with which she had been blessed, Lucy became the first matron of the St. George Temple and was the first woman to perform endowments for the dead in this despensation.
The second of Lucy's three children, Susa, saw her mother's strength and character and built upon her legacy. At only thirteen, Susa entered the University of Deseret and edited a school newspaper. Her skills as a writer and poet, and her adeptness as a stenographer, led her to the sacred oppportunity of recording both the St. George and Salt Lake City Temple dedications. She founded the Relief Society Magazine and the Young Woman's Journal, which was an intimate and amazingly eclectic publication.
Facing some of the most intense trials mortality has to offer, and dealing with their own weaknesses and errors, Lucy and Susa grew by choice and commitment, developing faith, obedience, and love as the touchstones of their lives. Thus, the amazing stories of these two remarkable women, who were insturmental in the progress and spirit of the early years of the Church, testify of the importance of virtues they embraced, and have become an inspiration to women of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for all generations to come." [From back of book] -
Brigham Young : A Personal Portrait
Brigham Young at Home
Brigham Young's Homes
Coming of Age, 1907–1920
Defender : The life of Daniel H. Wells
From Impulsive Girl to Patient Wife : Lucy Bigelow Young
Heroines of the Restoration
In Their Own Words
Life of Joseph F. Smith, Sixth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Not in Vain : The Inspiring Story of Ellis Shipp, Pioneer Woman Doctor
Saints : The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days. No Unhallowed Hand 1846–1893.
Sister Saints
Sketch of the Labors of Sister Lucy B. Young in the Temples
The First Fifty Years of Relief Society : Key Documents in Latter-day Saint Women's History
The Life Story of Brigham Young
Utah : A Guide to the State
Women as a Force in the History of Utah
Women of Faith in the Latter Days : Volume 3, 1846-1870
Women's Voices: An Untold History of the Latter-day Saints, 1830-1900