Discussing the diaries and discourses of Emmeline B. Wells and Eliza R. Snow

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🗓️ 22 November 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The words of two prominent Latter-day Saint women have been published by the Church Historian’s Press — “The Discourses of Eliza R. Snow” and “The Diaries of Emmeline B. Wells”. The “Discourses of Eliza R. Snow” include more than 1,200 discourses, prepared from 1840 to 1887. The “Diaries of Emmeline B. Wells” include 47 diary volumes spanning from 1844 to 1920. They are both now available online for free. This episode of the Church News podcast features Jennifer Reeder and Lisa Olsen Tait with the Church History Department and co-editor Cherry Bushman Silver to discuss the projects and their significance.

The Church News Podcast is a weekly podcast that invites listeners to make a journey of connection with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across the globe. Host Sarah Jane Weaver, reporter and editor for The Church News for a quarter-century, shares a unique view of the stories, events, and most important people who form this international faith. With each episode, listeners are asked to embark on a journey to learn from one another and ponder, “What do I know now?” because of the experience. Produced by KellieAnn Halvorsen.

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0:00.0	I've had a really personal experience, many really personal experiences with these women.
0:13.5	I think it was the year 2001, 2002, I think, where I was reading the Navajo Relief Society
0:20.7	minutes and I felt their voices
0:22.9	whispering to me from their pages. And that's when I think my passion and my sense of mission and
0:28.3	purpose in my career and in my life arose to find and produce and make accessible the words
0:37.1	of these great Latter-day Saint women,
0:40.2	and that I belong to a heritage of incredible women that have understood their place and role
0:48.5	in the kingdom of God.
0:50.6	And whatever it is that we contribute, it is vital and it is important.
0:58.8	I'm Sarah Jane Weaver, editor of the Church News. Welcome to the Church News podcast. We are taking
1:04.5	you on a journey of connection as we discuss news and events of the Church of Jesus Christ
1:09.1	of Latter-day Saints.
1:19.0	The Church's historians' press recently announced completion of two landmark online projects that feature the writings and ministry of two of the most influential women of their time.
1:25.2	The works are the discourses of Eliza Ars Snow with more than 1,200 discourses
1:30.7	prepared from 1840 to 1887 and the diaries of Emmeline B. Wells with 47 diary volumes spanning
1:39.2	from 1844 to 1920. They are both now available online for free.
1:45.0	The projects included years of diligent and meticulous work.
1:49.0	Today we are joined by the church's lead historians Jennifer Reader and Lisa Olson-Tate
1:54.0	and co-editor Cherry Silver to discuss the projects and their significance.
1:59.0	Welcome ladies to the Church News podcast. Hi, I'm so
2:02.1	excited to be here. Important project. Well, it is so exciting for me to have you here. I love these
2:10.2	women. I love the legacy they left all of us today, and I'm really excited to talk about them.
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