An Advocate for Women: The Public Life of Emmeline B. Wells 1870-1920
- Hardcover
- Provo and Salt Lake City: Brigham Young University Press; Deseret Book, 2006
Provo and Salt Lake City: Brigham Young University Press; Deseret Book, 2006. Second printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 498pp. Octavo [22 cm] Ivory white cloth over boards with gilt stamping on the backstrip and front board. Illustrated. In the dust jacket, with rubbing to the panels. Part of the Biographies in Latter-day Saint History series.
Emmeline B. Wells (1828-1921) was born in Petersham, Massachusetts. She served as the fifth General President of the Relief Society, a position which she held for 11 years. When Emmeline B. Wells took on this public role, she was 82 years old- an age when most men and women have been long retired. Not only was she was a wife and mother, but she was also a prolific writer, and a proponent of women's rights, particularly during the woman suffrage movement in the United States.
Brigham Young University professor emeritus of history Carol Cornwall Madsen writes in her article, Emmeline B. Wells: A Fine Soul Who Served (Ensign, July, 2003), "By the end of the 1870s, Emmeline was considered one of the 'leading sisters' of the Church. Her association with the Exponent had made her name well known in Latter-day Saint circles, and her written contributions to eastern women's papers, refuting the misconceptions about LDS women, had brought her name to the attention of national suffragists. She reminded the readers of these papers that Latter-day Saint women could vote, when most of them could not; that LDS women were educated at local colleges and were engaged in many professions, including medicine and law, when most other women were not; and that they headed their own organizations and contributed to the economic welfare of their communities.
Emmeline B. Wells (1828-1921) was born in Petersham, Massachusetts. She served as the fifth General President of the Relief Society, a position which she held for 11 years. When Emmeline B. Wells took on this public role, she was 82 years old- an age when most men and women have been long retired. Not only was she was a wife and mother, but she was also a prolific writer, and a proponent of women's rights, particularly during the woman suffrage movement in the United States.
Brigham Young University professor emeritus of history Carol Cornwall Madsen writes in her article, Emmeline B. Wells: A Fine Soul Who Served (Ensign, July, 2003), "By the end of the 1870s, Emmeline was considered one of the 'leading sisters' of the Church. Her association with the Exponent had made her name well known in Latter-day Saint circles, and her written contributions to eastern women's papers, refuting the misconceptions about LDS women, had brought her name to the attention of national suffragists. She reminded the readers of these papers that Latter-day Saint women could vote, when most of them could not; that LDS women were educated at local colleges and were engaged in many professions, including medicine and law, when most other women were not; and that they headed their own organizations and contributed to the economic welfare of their communities.