This list of General Presidencies of the Relief Society includes the General President and the counselors of the Relief Society General Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
No. | Dates | General President | First Counselor | Second Counselor | |||
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1 | March 17, 1842 | – 1844Emma Smith[1][2][3] | Sarah M. Cleveland[1][2] | Elizabeth Ann Whitney[1][2] | |||
2 | December 1866 – December 5, 1887 | Eliza R. Snow[3][4][2] | Zina D. H. Young[4][2] | ||||
3 | April 8, 1888 | – August 28, 1901Zina D. H. Young[3][4][2] | Jane S. Richards[4][2] | Bathsheba W. Smith[4][2] | |||
4 | November 10, 1901 | – September 20, 1910Bathsheba W. Smith[3][2] | Annie Taylor Hyde[2] (1901–09) | Ida S. Dusenberry[2] | |||
None (1909–10) | |||||||
5 | October 3, 1910 | – April 2, 1921Emmeline B. Wells[3][2] | Clarissa S. Williams[2] | Julina L. Smith[2] | |||
6 | April 2, 1921 | – October 7, 1928Clarissa S. Williams[2][3] | Jennie B. Knight[2] | Louise Y. Robison[2] | |||
7 | October 7, 1928 | – December 31, 1939Louise Y. Robison[2][3] | Amy B. Lyman[2] | Julia A. Child[2] (1928–35) | |||
Kate M. Barker[2] (1935–39) | |||||||
8 | January 1, 1940 | – April 6, 1945Amy B. Lyman[2][3] | Marcia K. Howells[2] | Donna D. Sorensen[2] (1940–42) | |||
Belle S. Spafford[2] (1942–45) | |||||||
9 | April 6, 1945[5] | – October 3, 1974Belle S. Spafford[5][2][3] | Marianne C. Sharp[5][2] | Gertrude R. Garff[2] (1945–47) | |||
Velma N. Simonsen[2] (1947–56) | |||||||
Helen W. Anderson[2] (1957–58) | |||||||
Louise W. Madsen[5][2] (1958–74) | |||||||
10 | October 3, 1974 | – April 7, 1984Barbara B. Smith[5][2][3] | Janath R. Cannon[5][2] (1974–78) | Marian R. Boyer[5][6][2] (1974–78) | |||
Marian R. Boyer[6][2] (1978–84) | Shirley W. Thomas[6][7][2] (1978–83) | ||||||
Ann S. Reese[7][2] (1983–84) | |||||||
11 | April 7, 1984 | – March 31, 1990Barbara W. Winder[3][8][2] | Joy F. Evans[9][2] | Joanne B. Doxey[9][2] | |||
12 | March 31, 1990 | – April 5, 1997Elaine L. Jack[3][10][2][11] | Chieko N. Okazaki[10][2] | Aileen H. Clyde[10][2] | |||
13 | April 5, 1997 | – April 6, 2002Mary Ellen W. Smoot[3][12][13] | Virginia U. Jensen[14] | Sheri L. Dew[15] | |||
14 | April 6, 2002 | – March 31, 2007Bonnie D. Parkin[3][16] | Kathleen H. Hughes[16] | Anne C. Pingree[16] | |||
15 | March 31, 2007 | – March 31, 2012Julie B. Beck[3][17][18] | Silvia H. Allred[19] | Barbara Thompson[20] | |||
16 | March 31, 2012 | – April 1, 2017Linda K. Burton[3][21] | Carole M. Stephens[21] | Linda S. Reeves[21] | |||
17 | April 1, 2017 | – August 1, 2022Jean B. Bingham[3][22][23] | Sharon Eubank[22][23] | Reyna I. Aburto[22][23] | |||
18 | August 1, 2022 | Camille N. Johnson[24][25] | J. Anette Davis[24][25] | Kristin M. Yee[24][25] |
References
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