Item Detail
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Allen, Inez Knight
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1876-1937
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MSS SC 932
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Diary
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Inez Knight Allen, daughter of Jesse Knight, was born September 8, 1876 in Payson, Utah. When she turned twenty-two, Inez became the first L.D.S. woman to complete a mission for the Church independent of a husband. Inez was called to serve in England. After her mission, Inez returned to Utah and married Robert Eugene Allen. She was mother to five children and died June 5, 1937 in Provo, Utah.
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The collection contains Inez's actual diary and although the ink has faded her writing is clear and easy to decipher. It begins the day she leaves Utah enroute for England. Inez transcribed into the diary two patriarchal blessings given to her before her trip. Her entries are sporadic and many consist only of the sights she encounters traveling around Great Britain. However, she describes with detail and interest the activities and confrontations she and other missionaries encountered. She writes of instances of attending missionary meetings and being the only woman.
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1898-1899