Jenny Reeder | The Discourses of Eliza R. Snow

Latter-day Saint Women Podcast

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5 • 670 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The most influential Latter-day Saint woman of her time, Eliza R. Snow taught religious doctrine, emphasized practical principles, shared her political opinions, and conveyed love and encouragement for church members throughout her life. On today’s episode, we talk with Jenny Reeder, a nineteenth-century women’s history specialist at the Church History Department, about an incredible project: The Discourses of Eliza R. Snow. For the first time, these discourses have been gathered and published, opening a wide window into the life and personality of Eliza R. Snow and providing insight into key church doctrine. Explore The Discourses of Eliza R. Snow https://www.churchhistorianspress.org/eliza-r-snow

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Latter-day Saint Women podcast, where we share the legacy of
0:08.7	women of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
0:11.9	On this podcast, you'll get to know the faithful women who shaped our past and hear from
0:16.1	inspiring women of faith today.
0:18.2	I'm Carly Geimann.
0:20.0	And I'm Shailenbach. We're your co-hosts. We're excited to
0:22.8	welcome back to the podcast, Jenny Reader. Jenny, thank you so much for being with us today.
0:26.9	I'm so excited to be with you. We're so excited that you're here.
0:30.8	Jenny Reader is a 19th century women's history specialist at the church history department.
0:35.1	She has a PhD in American history from George Mason
0:38.1	University with an emphasis in women's history, religious history, memory, and material culture.
0:43.8	And our listeners may remember for her as one of the editors of the book at the pulpit, which
0:47.8	many of our episodes have focused on something else that's really exciting that Jenny has coming
0:52.2	up is a book about Emma Smith that she's writing.
0:55.0	So we'll have her back to talk about that.
0:58.0	Yeah, very excited about that.
1:00.0	And Jenny, today we'll be talking with you about Eliza Snow and a major project you've been working on about her life.
1:07.0	But first, let's talk a little bit about Eliza.
1:09.0	So you've studied her life and her messages so deeply and for a long time.
1:15.5	And I imagine that's created a very personal connection with her.
1:19.4	Most church members have a limited knowledge of Eliza's life and character.
1:23.0	They might know this, that she wrote, oh, my father.
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