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A statue of Ellis Reynolds Shipp was dedicated at This Is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023.
This Is the Place Heritage Park honors medical career of Ellis Reynolds Shipp with new statue
By Kaitlyn Bancroft
Ellis Shipp became a doctor in 1878, then returned home to train hundreds of women as midwives and deliver thousands of babies.
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President Bonnie H. Cordon: Leading with power, promise and holiness
By President Bonnie H. Cordon
In this essay, Young Women General President Bonnie H. Cordon writes of three “spiritual treasures” she’s received from accepting callings.
Joseph and Emma Smith are portrayed by actors in “Days of Harmony.”
President Camille N. Johnson: What must women and men do to have access to priesthood power?
By President Camille N. Johnson
“We have the right to access priesthood power by virtue of personal worthiness,” writes Relief Society General President Camille N. Johnson.
Rebecca Mehr, center right, stands with sister missionaries and members while serving with her husband as mission leaders in Suriname in 2012.
Rebecca Mehr: Essential partners in the work of salvation and exaltation
By Rebecca Mehr
Young Women general board member Yvonne Hubert, front left, with her family in November, 2019.
Yvonne Hubert: Priesthood power ‘in the very hour’
By Yvonne Hubert
Tara Mickelsen, center left, with her family.
Tara Mickelsen: Women teach and nurture through priesthood power
By Tara Mickelsen
Brittany Beattie rides a small train with her nephews.
Brittany Beattie: A promise for every covenant-keeping woman
By Brittany Beattie
President David P. Harding and Sister Kaylene Harding at the newly built chapel in Rīga, Latvia with Elder M. Russell Ballard, when he visited the Baltic Mission, June 8, 2016.
Kaylene Harding: The ‘profound implications’ of the priesthood restoration
By Kaylene Porter Harding
The Ivory Family at the Rome Italy Temple Dedication.
Christine Ivory: The importance of motherhood
By Christine Ivory
Liz Darger speaks alongside other members of the NCAA Common Ground Leadership Team as part of Common Ground IV, an NCAA Inclusion Event that BYU hosted in 2018. As as Sr. Associate Athletic Director at BYU, Darger serves on the NCAA Common Ground Leadership Team.
Liz Darger: We can teach and speak with power and authority from God
By Liz Darger
The Jackman family.
Vicki Jackman: The Lord loves and expects effort
By Vicki G. Jackman
Kathryn Reynolds at Dunquin Pier, Ireland.
Kathryn Reynolds: Blessed by priesthood power as a single woman
By Kathryn Reynolds
Memnet Lopez with her husband, Marlo Lopez commuting in a tricycle during their time presiding over the Philippines Bacolod Mission from 2012-2015.
Memnet Lopez: Choosing to trust and wait on the Lord
By Memnet Lopez
The Wright family during their visit to Denmark in 2019.
Amy Wright: Are we prepared to receive what the Lord offers us?
By Amy Wright
Lori Draper walks with her son Isaac.
Lori Draper: What this Relief Society board member is learning about priesthood truths hidden in plain sight
By Lori Draper
Wendy Ulrich with some of her grandkids.
Wendy Ulrich: How covenant women are participating in the work of the Lord
By Wendy Ulrich
Sister Sharon Eubank of the Relief Society general presidency speaks in Finnish at a national women’s conference in Tampere, Finland, Saturday, September 21, 2019.
Sister Eubank on women and priesthood — A spiritual treasure to unwrap and study
By Sharon Eubank
Sister Becky Craven, second counselor in the Young Women general presidency, poses for a photo with young women in the Caribbean Area of the Church.
Sister Craven on women and priesthood — All the spiritual blessings of the Church
By Becky Craven
Sister Cristina B. Franco visits the home of members in Puerto Rico.
Sister Franco on women and priesthood — Drawing on the Savior’s power
By Cristina B. Franco
Sister Michelle D. Craig, first counselor in the Young Women general presidency, speaks during a leadership training meeting with members of the Church in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, during a visit to the Asia Area of the Church from Aug. 17 to 24, 2019.
Sister Craig on women and priesthood — What will you take with you?
By Michelle D. Craig
Sister Lisa L. Harkness, first counselor in the Primary general presidency, visits with YSA in the South Hill Washington Stake on Aug. 16, 2019.
Sister Harkness on women and priesthood — Blessings from priesthood covenants
By Lisa L. Harkness
Sister Reyna I. Aburto, second counselor in the Relief Society general presidency, gives a hug to a Church member who is living in temporary housing following a volcano eruption in Guatemala, Wednesday, August 29, 2018.
Sister Aburto on women and priesthood — There is safety in counsel
By Reyna Isabel Aburto
President Jean B. Bingham, Relief Society general president, and President Russell M. Nelson discuss the role of women in the restoration of priesthood authority in a video shown during the Saturday evening session of the 190th Annual General Conference on April 4, 2020.
Women leaders recall visiting the Sacred Grove with President Nelson. Read what they learned
By Sarah Jane Weaver
Jane Hellewell, 8, of Provo, Utah, talks with Primary general president Sister Joy D. Jones, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, after a screening of the Book of Mormon Videos in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building Legacy Theater in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019.
President Jones on women and priesthood — Do you feel diminished?
By President Joy D. Jones
Sister Becky Craven and Sister Bonnie H. Cordon of the Young Women general presidency talk with the Young Men general presidency about the 2020 youth theme on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, at the Church Office Building in Salt Lake City.
President Cordon on women and priesthood — Increased power through service
By President Bonnie H. Cordon
President Jean B. Bingham, Relief Society general president, speaks with attendees of the BYU Women’s Conference in the Marriott Center at BYU in Provo on Friday, May 5, 2017.
President Bingham on women and priesthood — The Lord is leading us gently along
By President Jean B. Bingham
President Russell M. Nelson shakes hands with Sister Jean Bingham, Relief Society general president,
New Church News series to feature general women leaders sharing experiences about priesthood power
By Aubrey Eyre
Sister Jean B. Bingham, general president of the Relief Society, reads scriptures in her office in the Relief Society Building in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020.
Why women in the Church should be following President Nelson’s invitation to study about the priesthood
By Aubrey Eyre