7 insights about Latter-day Saint women's history from the Joseph Smith Papers
What are the Joseph Smith Papers? How many volumes is the Joseph Smith Papers? What is the Nauvoo Relief Society? Who are Latter-day Saint women?
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What are the Joseph Smith Papers? How many volumes is the Joseph Smith Papers? What is the Nauvoo Relief Society? Who are Latter-day Saint women?
Today in Old News, we continue poking at a novel written by the wonderful Mrs. Bernie Babcock in or about 1914 and published by the Arkansas Democrat 101 years ago.
<p>Newell was briefly blacklisted by the leadership of the LDS Church for her work on Emma Smith, the first wife of founder Joseph Smith, which portrayed women as influential in the early church before being sidelined by an increasingly patriarchal institution.</p>
Her work exploring the idea of female subservience within the church won acclaim. But it also led to her being blacklisted by Mormon leaders.