Non-fiction history. This book highlights talks and discourses given by women of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in a 185 year period, from 1831 to 2016. It starts with a short discourse by Lucy Mack Smith, mother of Joseph Smith, the prophet, and ends with a talk given by Gladys N. Sitati at a Brigham Young University Women's Conference in 2016. The women chosen to be included in this book vary from early pioneers in the United States to those of other countries, like Sister Sitati from Kenya.
I enjoyed all these women and their viewpoints and found common ground no matter if they lived a hundred years ago or are still alive today. I found myself marking things they said and sharing them with my friends and family members. All were uplifting and edifying for me personally. Here are just a few of my favorites:
"Faith comes through obedience" Kate M. Barker, 1937.
"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?" Julie B. Beck quoting a talk given by Eliza R. Snow in 1869.
"The truth of doctrine can be known only by revelation gained as a result of obedience." Ardeth G. Kapp, 1980.
"...no matter what our office may be, we should do our part and do it cheerfully, and as we do one part, our responsibilities and talents will be added to, and we will go onward and upward as it is destined that we shall go." Amelia Flygare, 1916.
"Earning happiness and contributing to the happiness of others should be the most important goal in our lives." Lucrecia Suarez de Juarez, 1972
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