Relief Society Magazine

The Relief Society Magazine

Relief Society Magazine cover 1917
Categories	Religion
Frequency	Monthly
Founder	Susa Young Gates
Year founded	1915
Final issue — Number	December 1970 Vol 57 No 12
Company	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Country	United States
Language	English

Relief Society Magazine, including the Relief Society Bulletin of 1914,^[1] was the official publication of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1915 to 1970. It succeeded the earlier, and privately owned, Woman's Exponent, which was begun in 1872. The magazine was an important publishing outlet for Utah women, and was run by women editors. The founding editor, Susa Young Gates, edited the magazine from 1915 to 1922.

The December 1970 issue of the Relief Society Magazine was its last. The LDS Church discontinued the magazine as part of the implementation of the Priesthood Correlation Program. Thus, the magazine, and several others within the church, was replaced by the Ensign.^[2]

Editors

• Susa Young Gates (1915–22) (she was also editor of the Relief Society Bulletin)
• Alice Louise Reynolds (1923–30)
• Mary Connelly Kimball (1930–37)
• Belle S. Spafford (1937–45)
• Marianne C. Sharp (1945–70)

See also

• List of Latter Day Saint periodicals
• Mormon feminism

Notes

1. The guides and bulletins of 1914, although not officially part of the magazine, were bound as the first volume. See "About the Relief Society Magazine Index".
2. Sharp, Marianne Clark, "Editorial: Facing Forward", Relief Society Magazine, December 1970, pp. 894-95.

References

• Barney, Sarah Walker (August 1993), Nursing and Health Care Among Mormon Women: An Analysis of the Relief Society Magazine, 1914-1930, Master's thesis, Provo, Utah: College of Nursing, Brigham Young University.
• Clark, Carol L. (1992), "The Relief Society Magazine, 1914-1970", in Cornwall, Marie; Anderson, Dawn Hall, Women Steadfast in Christ: Talks Selected from the 1991 Women's Conference Co-Sponsored by Brigham Young University and the Relief Society, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, ISBN 0-87579-597-8.
• Mann, Patricia Ann (August 1971), A History of the Relief Society Magazine, 1914-1970, Master's thesis, Provo, Utah: Department of Communications, Brigham Young University.
• Sharp, Marianne Clark (1992), "Relief Society Magazine", in Ludlow, Daniel H. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Mormonism, New York: Macmillan Publishing, p. 477, ISBN 0-02-879602-0, OCLC 24502140

External links

• The Relief Society Magazine (PDF scans) courtesy of the Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University and the Internet Archive.
• An index of the major categories in the Relief Society Magazine is provided courtesy of the Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.
• An index to poetry and prose in the Relief Society Magazine is available through the Mormon Literature and Creative Arts Database of Brigham Young University.