“We want to be ladies in very deed, not according to the term of the word as the world judges, but fit companions of the Gods and Holy Ones. In an organized capacity we can assist each other in not only doing good but in refining ourselves, and whether few or many come forward and help to prosecute this great work, they will be those that will fill honorable positions in the Kingdom of God. . . . Women should be women and not babies that need petting and correction all the time. I know we like to be appreciated but if we do not get all the appreciation which we think is our due, what matters? We know the Lord has laid high responsibility upon us, and there is not a wish or desire that the Lord has implanted in our hearts in righteousness but will be realized, and the greatest good we can do to ourselves and each other is to refine and cultivate ourselves in everything that is good and ennobling to qualify us for those responsibilities.
Eliza R. Snow, address to Lehi Ward Relief Society, Oct. 27, 1869, Lehi Ward, Alpine (Utah) Stake, in Relief Society, Minute Book, 1868–79, Church History Library, Salt Lake City, 26–27.
Eliza R. Snow, address to Lehi Ward Relief Society, Oct. 27, 1869, Lehi Ward, Alpine (Utah) Stake, in Relief Society, Minute Book, 1868–79, Church History Library, Salt Lake City, 26–27.
2 comments:
This is a great article about Eliza R. Snow Smith Young, too:
http://www.ldswomenofgod.com/blog/?p=613
I guess the gist is: Women are supposed to be dependent on and submissive to men.
If that's true, I'm perfectly willing to go straight to Outer Darkness. :-)
That's an very interesting article,thanks for sharing it with me! There's a lot of quotation there and not a whole lot of citation, I'd like to read those quotes in their original context. I don't know how things stood back then and it would certainly be good to learn more. On the whole I get the impression that men and women ought to work together as a team, dependent on one another.
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