1st meeting
Though it has had several names over 180 years, this was the original name of the relief society
What is the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo
In the 1920s, RS women led a campaign against this disease spreading insect
What is the fly. They were swatted, put in fruit jars and buried to reduce disease.
This is the RS motto. Incorporated into the seal in 1913.
Charity never faileth
The RS sisters were responsible for building and organizing these two church auxiliaries.
What are The Young women (originally called the Young Ladies Department of the Ladies Cooperative Retrenchment ...and then the Young Ladies Mutual Improvement Association) and the Primary
The early RS organization played a strong political role. They sponsored and held meetings and campaigned for legislation relating to this cause.
What is women's suffrage. Women in Utah were among the first to get the vote.
The RS was organized on this date in the second story meeting room over Joseph Smith's Red Brick store in Nauvoo, Illinois.
What is March 17, 1842
Women made clothes for this group of people. In addition to new found friendships, the lds women learned to make medicinal tinctures in return.
Who are the American Indians
These are the official colors of the RS, adopted in 1931 under the direction of general president Louise Yates Robison
What are blue and gold
She was the the longest serving general RS president and how long did she serve in that capacity
Who is Belle Spafford. 29 years! And she was 1st counselor for many years before that.
The RS organization was disbanded by Brigham Young in this year due to tribulation and persecution of the saints in Nauvoo
1844
The first president of the oldest and largest women's organization in the world. She was elected by the other women instead of called by the brethren.
Who is Emma Smith
Brigham Young urged the RS women to raise this and weave the threads into cloth for the Saints.
What are silkworms
This emblem was chosen to represent the RS organization because of its usefulness in sustaining life along pioneer settlements. It is an appropriate symbol of purity, beauty, patience through winter and darkness, and storing of strength for the time of blossoming.
What is the second lily/wheat
The RS directly assisted sisters in starting businesses. These two stores are examples of this.
Women's commission store started by Eliza R. Snow and the Mormon Handicraft store which opened in 1937 and operated by the RS until 1986 when it was turned over to Deseret Book to run.
Though RS had been disbanded, this woman carried the original RS meeting minutes with her across the plains. She began to form unofficial groups to meet the needs of the Saints until the RS was officially reorganized by Brigham Young in 1867. She finally became the 2nd general relief society president in 1880.
Who is Eliza R. Snow
The RS was organized because of the desires of the sisters to unite for this purpose.
What is for the making of clothes for those working on the construction of the Nauvoo temple.
At the close of WW1, the RS invested funds from the sale of this item to the U.S. government for war use into a trust for health, maternity, and child welfare services. Camps for underprivileged children were funded, as were health exams for preschool children, a free milk fund, and courses in home hygiene and care of the sick.
What is wheat - 205,528 bushels @ $1.20 a bushel
Women paid annual dues for membership in the RS until this year. At that point, all women 18 years or older were automatically enrolled in RS.
What is 1971.
Women were sent to prestigious universities in the Eastern United States using RS funds in order to get a degree in what fields of study?
Medicine, nursing, midwifery, and social work. These women were some of the very first female doctors in the U.S. they brought their education back to Utah and trained others, opened hospitals and clinics, and began the church social services program.
These choruses were a part of every ward RS. Often, their programs were broadcast over KSL radio.
Who are the singing mothers
This RS program was started in 1843 with the purpose of collecting donations for charity. It was called the "necessity committee".
What is visiting teaching
This building was built at the direction of Eliza R. Snow with RS funds. It is the closest of any building to the door of the Salt Lake temple and the only building belonging to a church auxiliary.
What is the General Relief Society building.
Women who paid dues and joined the RS received this magazine before it was replaced with the Ensign in 1970.
What is Relief Society Magazine
There have been 17 General Relief Society president. Name at least 2.
Who are Emma Smith, eliza r. Snow, zina young, Emmeline wells, Elaine jack, Julie B. Beck, Bonnie d. Parkins, Barbara w. Winder, Barbara B. Smith, bathsheba Smith, Clarissa Williams, Amy Lyman, belle spafford, Louise Yates Robison, Burton,
At the world's fair in San Francisco in 1915, a bronze medal was awarded to the RS for their efforts in this work.
What is genealogy. When it was announced that work for the dead could be done, the RS women began ferociously doing family history.