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Author
Wells
,
Emmeline
Blanche
Woodward
Harris
Whitney
Birth and Death Dates
1828-1921
Call Number
MSS
540
;
MSS
1407
;
MSS
659
;
MSS
SC
2185
;
MSS
111
;
M270.07
Sm52v
1906
Material Type
Diaries
;
Diaries
(typescripts)
;
Letter
;
Letter
;
Letter
;
Verses
lovingly
inscribed
to
President
Bathsheba
W
.
Smith
Biography
Emmeline
Blanche
Woodward
Harris
Whitney
Wells
was
born
on
February
29
,
1828
in
Petersham
,
Worchester
County
,
Massachusetts
to
David
and
Deiadama
(Hare)
Woodward
. On
March
1
,
1842
at the
age
of
fourteen
Emmeline
was
baptized
a
member
of the
Church
of
Jesus
Christ
of
Latter-day
Saints
in a
small
brook
near
her
Massachusetts
home
. The
ice
on the
brook
had to be
broken
so
that she and
six
others
could
be
baptized
that
day
. On
July
29
,
1843
,
when
Emmeline
was
fifteen
years
old
she
married
sixteen-year-old
James
Harvey
Harris
who
was also
LDS
. The
newlywed
couple
left
Massachusetts
to
go
to
Nauvoo
,
Illinois
on
April
24
,
1844
.
Almost
a
year
and a
half
later
,
James
left
Emmeline
in
Nauvoo
,
never
to
return
again
.
Heartbroken
and
alone
,
Emmeline
eventually
married
Newell
K
.
Whitney
as a
polygamous
wife
on
February
14
,
1845
in
Nauvoo
,
Illinois
. The
sealing
ordinance
was
performed
by
Brigham
Young
,
2nd
President
of the
Church
.
Emmeline
left
Nauvoo
with her
new
family
on
February
27
,
1846
to
join
other
groups
of
Saints
in
Iowa
and
travel
to the
Salt
Lake
Valley
.
Newell
K
.
Whitney
died
in
Salt
Lake
City
,
Utah
five
years
after
their
marriage
leaving
Emmeline
alone
once
again
.
Two
years
after
his
death
,
Emmeline
married
Daniel
H
.
Wells
as
another
polygamous
wife
on
October
10
,
1852
.
Although
she was
married
to
D
.
H
.
Wells
,
Emmeline
did
not
live
with him.
Instead
, she
lived
with her
five
daughters
in a
home
in
Salt
Lake
City
.
Emmeline
saw
her
husband
every
so
often
when
they had
time
to
visit
.
Daniel
H
.
Wells
had
occasional
difficulty
providing
financially
for his
large
polygamous
family
,
so
Emmeline
worked
to
earn
extra
income
. She
wrote
frequently
under
the
pen
name
of
Blanche
Beachwood
for the
Woman's
Exponent
as
well
as the
Contributor
and the
Deseret
Evening
News
. In
July
1877
Emmeline
became
the
editor
of the
Woman's
Exponent
, a
job
she
held
until
1914
.
Emmeline
was
very
involved
in the
suffrage
movement
and was
appointed
vice-president
of the
National
Woman's
Suffrage
Association
in
1874
. She
attended
suffrage
meetings
all
over
the
country
as a
representative
of
Utah
. She was also
very
involved
in
clubs
and
other
organizations
in her
community
. She was a
member
of the
Press
Club
, the
Republican
Club
, the
Federation
Committee
, the
Utah
Woman's
Press
Club
, the
Reapers
Club
, the
Woman's
Suffrage
Association
, and
Daughters
of the
Revolution
. In
many
of these
clubs
she
held
important
positions
and
often
held
club
meetings
in her
home
.
Emmeline
became
a
member
of the
General
Board
of
Relief
Society
in
1888
and
served
as the
corresponding
secretary
and the
general
secretary
.
Following
Bathsheba
W
.
Smith's
death
,
Emmeline
became
the
fifth
general
president
of the
Relief
Society
in
April
1910
. She
served
in this
position
until
her
death
in
1921
. In her
later
years
,
Emmeline
traveled
constantly
for
political
meetings
,
Relief
Society
, and
family
visits
. In her
travels
she
met
President
Roosevelt
and the
Queen
of
England
.
Emmeline
received
the
honorary
degree
of
Doctor
of
Literature
from
Brigham
Young
University
on
February
29
,
1912
, her
84th
birthday
. The
degree
was
presented
to her by
President
Joseph
F
.
Smith
.
Known
for her
writing
,
among
other
things
,
Emmeline
wrote
Musings
and
Memories
,
Book
of
Poems
which
was
published
in
1896
.
Emmeline
died
on
April
21
,
1921
in
Salt
Lake
City
,
Utah
at the
age
of
93
.
Abstract
<p>
MSS
540
: This
collection
consists
of
four
boxes
of
Emmeline
B
.
Well's
journals
,
dating
from
1844
to
1920
. These
journals
discuss
Emmeline's
life
as a
Mormon
woman
, a
polygamous
wife
, and a
growing
celebrity
as her
fame
spread
. She
writes
about
topics
including
her
family
, the
westward
trek
to
Utah
,
Relief
Society
, the
Young
Ladies
Mutual
Improvement
Association
(Y.L.M.I.A.)
,
polygamy
,
political
issues
,
modern
inventions
and
technology
, and
world
issues
such
as
World
War
I
. She also
notes
the
anniversaries
of
births
,
weddings
, and
deaths
of
family
and
friends
and
significant
days
in her
own
life
,
including
her
baptism
.
Emmeline
frequently
mentions
her
children
, the
decisions
they
make
in their
life
, and how she
reacts
to them.
Emmeline
associated
with
many
prominent
Church
individuals
and she
often
discusses
them and her
activities
with them.
Some
of these
people
include
Eliza
R
.
Snow
,
Heber
C
.
Kimball
,
O
.
Porter
Rockwell
,
Reed
Smoot
,
John
Taylor
,
George
A.
Smith
,
Golden
Kimball
,
Clarissa
Smith
Williams
, and
Susa
Young
Gates
.
Overall
, the
journals
give
great
insight
into
Emmeline's
life
and the
events
dealing
with the
Church
and the
world
that
occurred
during
her
lifetime
.
<p>
MSS
1407
: This
collection
is
identical
to
MSS
540
,
except
this
one
contains
typescript
copies
of the
original
journals
.
<p>
MSS
659
: This
is
a
letter
written
by
Emmeline
in
1887
to a
Miss
Grey
thanking
her for
taking
minutes
of a
Relief
Society
meeting
and
giving
a
copy
of them to her.
Emmeline
encourages
Miss
Grey
to
develop
her
talents
in
writing
.
<p>
MSS
SC
2185
: This
is
a
letter
written
to
Emmeline's
sister
on
January
16
,
1899
. In the
letter
Emmeline
discusses
the
problems
she was then
experiencing
with the
Woman's
Exponent
in
trying
to
cover
the
expense
of
printing
,
mailing
the
paper
, and
paying
rent
on the
office
. She also
mentions
the
difficulty
in
getting
the
Relief
Society
sisters
to
see
the
value
of the
Woman's
Exponent
.
<p>
MSS
111
: This
is
a
letter
written
to
Brother
and
Sister
Jacob
G
.
Bigler
on
June
15
,
1904
. In the
letter
Emmeline
congratulates
the
couple
on their
60th
wedding
anniversary
and
relates
for
President
Bathsheba
Smith
that she will be
attending
their
party
.
<p>
M270.07
Sm
52v
1906
: This
folder
contains
2
loose
pages
from a
magazine
that have
poems
written
by
Emmeline
B
.
Wells
to
Bathsheba
W
.
Smith
on them. There are
three
complete
printed
poems
titled
,
When
the
Old
Friends
Meet
, A
Beautiful
Life
, and
Birthday
Greeting
. There
is
also the
first
stanza
from a
poem
titled
A
Portrait
on the
back
of the
second
page
. A
photograph
of
Bathsheba
W
.
Smith
is
also
printed
on the
first
page
.
Coverage
1884-1964
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