The thing that I enjoy most about studying church history is taking the voices, the narratives that are uncommon, that aren't in every biography, every Sunday school manual, and bringing them to

light and helping us understand how saints use their faith to get through challenges. That is a

principle that will always touch the heart of a Latter-day Saint.

That's what I learn from Bell's Journal.

That's what I get from that.

And contemporary readers may not recognize Bell's fight, but they will recognize Bell's faith.

I'm Sarah Jane Weaver, editor of the church news.

Welcome to the church news podcast.

We are taking you on a journey of connection

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of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The church historian of Latter-day Saints. The Church Historian's Press was created in 2008, with the goal to publish works of

Latter-day Saint history that meet high standards of scholarship.

Over the years, it has helped scholars, as well as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,

have direct access to primary documents and contextual histories.

In February of this year, the Historian's Press published the Prison Journals of Bell Harris.

But who was Bell Harris, and why was her story story of incarceration included among other scholastic works?

Today on the Church News podcast, just in time for Women's History Month, we explore her story of persecution, courage, and hard practice faith.

We are joined by Ken Atkins, the lead historian specialist who worked on the Bell Harris Prison Journal.

Welcome, Ken, to the Church News podcast. Thank you, Sarah. Glad to be here.

Thank you so much for joining us, because I want to delve into this idea of Bell Harris and her influence in her life.

In the spring of 1883, she's a 22-year-old

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