Women of Faith in the Latter Days: Volume 1: 1775-1820

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Although approximately half the people in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been women, their lives of faith and dedication are just beginning to receive the attention they merit. This groundbreaking series recounts the stories of women in Church history, often in their own words, as they share their trials, triumphs, and testimonies.

Volume 1 features women born between 1775 and 1820 and samples the lives of both well-known women and previously obscure ones whose lives of faith also deserve emulation. They were first-generation Latter-day Saints who experienced the characteristic trials of their day, including abandonment by family or friends when they joined the Church, persecution after joining, and the hardships of pioneering again and again as they moved from one location to another.

Here you will encounter not only such well-known figures as Emma Smith and Eliza R. Snow but also an early Mexican convert who never traveled more than a few miles from her home, a devoted plural wife who homesteaded in rural Utah, and a plucky Scottish coal miner who at an advanced age sailed to America and walked across the plains.

The faith these women exhibited as they rejoiced in blessings and dealt with struggles provides a model for us in facing our own challenges as we strive to build our own lives of faith today.

1. “I Trusted in God and Improved Every Opportunity”
   ABIGAIL SMITH ABBOTT
   Kathleen Halverson Hadfield
2. “Tried and Proved in All Things”
   ANN MARSH ABBOTT
   Janiece Johnson
3. “I Praise My Maker While I Breathe”
   MELISSA MORGAN DODGE
   Janiece Johnson
4. “Death Had Lost All Terrors”
   ELIZA DANA GIBBS
   Andrea Ventilla
5. “A Legacy of Hope, and Faith, and Love”
   ELIZABETH HARRISON GODDARD
   Madelyn Silver Palmer
6. “The Spirit of the Lord Has Buoyed Me Up”
   DRUSILLA DORRIS HENDRICKS
   Susan Easton Black
7. “Trusting in the God of Israel”
   MARTHA SPENCE HEYWOOD
   Alice Johnson Ellsworth
8. “A Stalwart, a Champion”
   MARY ISABELLA HALES HORNE
   Andrea G. Radke-Moss
9. “The Joy and the Song”
   JULIA HILLS JOHNSON
   Kerri Robinson and Marcie Gallacher
10. “In Blessing Others We Are Blessed”
    SARAH MELISSA GRANGER KIMBALL
    Virginia H. Pearce
11. “The Embodiment of Strength and Endurance”
    VILATE MURRAY KIMBALL
    Kiersten Olson
12. “God Rules!”
    LYDIA GOLDTHWAITE KNIGHT
    Nicholas J. Frederick
13. “Like Fire in My Bones”
    SARAH STURTEVANT LEAVITT
    Andrea Ventilla
14. “I Put My Trust in Him”
    ELIZA MARIA PARTRIDGE LYMAN
    Sherilyn Farnes
15. “My Faith in the Gospel Was Strong”
    CYRENA DUSTIN MERRILL
    Joann Follett Mortensen
16. “My Happy Soul Is Witness”
    LAURA FARNSWORTH OWEN
    Janiece Johnson
17. “The Lord Was Always with Us”
    PATIENCE DELILA PIERCE PALMER
    Eileen Palmer Smith
18. “Tried and True Saint”
    MARIA JACKSON NORMINGTON PARKER
    Wayne K. Hinton
19. “The Joy and Peace I Experienced Was Inexpressible”
    BELINDA MARDEN PRATT
    Taunalyn Ford Rutherford
20. “Be Still and Know That I Am God”
    LOUISA BARNES PRATT
    Alisha Erin Hillam
21. “That We May All, in Glory Dwell”
    MARY ANN BROWN PULSIPHER
    Rhonda Seamons
22. “I Have Seen Many Miracles”
    SARAH DE ARMON PEA RICH
    Guinevere Thomas Woolstenhulme
23. “My Soul Rejoices at the Thought”
    JENNETTA RICHARDS RICHARDS
    Susan Evans McCloud
24. “Hands in Skillful Labours Taught”
    PATTY BARTLETT SESSIONS
    Donna Toland Smart
25. “I Have Faith in Israel’s God”
    MARY BATHGATE SHELLEY
    Jay G. Burrup
26. “I’ll Never Forsake”
    AMANDA BARNES SMITH
    Alexander L. Baugh
27. “A Comfort unto My Servant, Joseph”
    EMMA HALE SMITH
    Mark L. Staker
28. “For the Sake of Christ and Salvation”
    LUCY MACK SMITH
    Andrea H. Maxfield
29. “Called to Drink Deep of the Bitter Cup”
    MARY FIELDING SMITH
    Jay A. Parry
30. “Cheerfully Respond to Every Call”
    ELIZA ROXCY SNOW
    Jill Mulvay Derr
31. “The Lord Often Led Me”
    LEONORA CANNON TAYLOR
    Mary Jane Woodger
32. “The Blessing of the Lord Has Attended Me”
    MERCY RACHEL FIELDING THOMPSON
    Jennifer Reeder
33. “Our Lamps Trimmed and Burning”
    NANCY NAOMI ALEXANDER TRACY
    Eleanor C. Jensen and Rachael G. Christensen
34. “Leaving Home”
    PHEBE WHITTEMORE CARTER WOODRUFF
    Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
35. Solitary Saint in Mexico
    DESIDERIA QUINTANAR DE YAÑEZ
    Clinton D. Christensen

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36. “Rejoice Notwithstanding the Trials”
    DIANTHA MORLEY BILLINGS
    Catherine Wheelwright Ockey
37. “I Know All This to Be True!”
    CATHERINE CLARK SMITH HARRISON
    Linda G. Birch
38. “Weaned from the World”
    MYRA MAYALL HENRIE
    Donna Toland Smart
39. “Drops of Grace and Mercy”
    ZINA BAKER HUNTINGTON
    Rachel Cope
40. “My Trials Are Nothing”
    ELIZABETH LANE HYDE
    Elizabeth J. Mott
41. “I Could No Longer Resist the Truth”
    MARY ANN PRICE HYDE
    Kaye Watson
42. “My Feet Never Slipped”
    PRESENDIA LATHROP HUNTINGTON KIMBALL
    Gary L. Boatright Jr.
43. “Give Up All and Follow Your Lord”
    PHEBE CROSBY PECK KNIGHT
    Janiece Johnson
44. “It Was All True”
    MARY ELIZABETH ROLLINS LIGHTNER
    Jonathan A. Stapley
45. “Strong, Independent, Confident, and Heroic”
    GWENLLIAN MATTHEW MARLEY
    Amanda Kae Fronk
46. “I Had Left All”
    MARY ANN WESTON MAUGHAN
    Wendy Peacock
47. “The Lord Will Provide”
    MARGARET ANN HOWARD MCBRIDE
    Anna T. Rolapp
48. “Tried Like Gold”
    LAURA CLARK PHELPS
    Carol L. Clark
49. “A Good Old Mother and a Fine Old Lady”
    MARY PRESDEE PHILLIPS
    Jay G. Burrup
50. “Those Days Were Grand and Glorious”
    MARTHA PANE JONES THOMAS
    Amy Reynolds Billings
51. “By Our Faith and Good Works”
    MARGARET COOPER WEST
    Shirley Smith Ricks and Lynette Smith Lyman
52. “I Have Been a Living Witness”
    ELIZABETH ANN SMITH WHITNEY
    Jan De Hoyos Tolman