Unnamed Women of the Doctrine and Covenants: Lucy Mack Smith
LDS Living Podcasts
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🗓️ 27 March 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Joseph Smith’s history has been told and canonized in scripture. You may be familiar with the names of the women close to him, but what do you know about their stories and roles in the Restoration? Today, we are focusing on the women from his family: Lucy Mack Smith (his mother) and Sophronia, Katharine, and Lucy (his three sisters).
Further reading:
At the Pulpit: 185 Years of Discourses by Latter-day Saint Women
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/church-historians-press/at-the-pulpit?lang=eng
The Witness of Women:
https://www.deseretbook.com/product/P5157256.html?utm_source=ldsliving&utm_medium=podcast&utm_id=pod250320-SOM-S4E2
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| 0:00.0 | With all that we know about the prophet Joseph Smith, what do you know about his mother and three |
| 0:05.2 | sisters? |
| 0:06.5 | The story of the restoration can't be told without mentioning them. |
| 0:10.0 | And today, we get to learn about who they were, what their lives were like, and the impact |
| 0:15.4 | they had on the life of Joseph Smith. |
| 0:18.2 | Welcome to the second episode of Unnamed Women of the Doctrine and Covenants. |
| 0:21.4 | This is a special bonus series from the Sunday on Monday podcast. Now, if you're wondering, |
| 0:25.7 | what's Sunday on Monday? It is a Deserate Bookshelf Plus podcast brought to you by LDS Living, |
| 0:31.2 | where we take the Come Follow Me lesson for the week and we really dig into the scriptures together. |
| 0:35.4 | If you want to know more about us and that specific |
| 0:38.1 | podcast, click on the link in the description or go to lDSliving.com slash Sunday on Monday for a free |
| 0:44.8 | 30-day trial of Desert Bookshel Plus, which is like Audible, and you get to read all of the church |
| 0:49.3 | books. So cool. Now, my favorite thing about the Sunday on Monday podcast is each week, I get to invite |
| 0:55.4 | two friends to join me and discuss the scriptures and do real-life application with them. |
| 1:00.6 | For this bonus series, I am thrilled to introduce you to my co-host, who is Dr. Jenny |
| 1:06.0 | Reader, and together we've invited our friend Cherie Clark to join us. |
| 1:09.8 | Now, quick reminder, Jenny Reeder has a Ph.D. in American history from George Mason University, |
| 1:14.9 | specializing in women's history, and she currently works for the church history department. |
| 1:19.6 | Sheree is a researcher and was Jenny's research assistant when she wrote the book, |
| 1:24.6 | first, The Life and Faith of Emma Smith, which I highly recommend such a good book. |
| 1:29.5 | So these two know their stuff, and I'm so excited they're here to teach us. |
| 1:33.1 | Yay. |
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