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Title (7 words) Eliza R. Snow: A Mother in Zion
Kicker (114 characters)Though Eliza Roxcy Snow never bore children, she used her extensive
education and determination to bless the lives of those around her.
Highlights of the source article: (276 words)
An article titled Eliza R. Snow [http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Snow,_Eliza_R.] in the
Encyclopedia of Mormonism provides a detailed look into this amazing womans life.
Accomplished does not do Sister Eliza R. Snow justice. Neither does educated, organized,
or even talented. Sister Snow was more akin to a force of nature than anything else when she
lived with the Saints during the nineteenth century. Whatever she put her mind to, she could do.
Despite the fact that Sister Snow was delicate, even sickly, during periods of her life, she was
described as being a woman with mental faculty in full vigor, industrious beyond her physical
strength, and tireless as a woman half her ageinto her eighties! She was motivated by a desire
to serve the Lord with all of her being, and she accomplished many great things to that end,
starting with donating her considerable dowry to the Church to build the Kirtland temple
(http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/kirtland/).
During her life Sister Snow was known for her beautiful poems. They gained her international
attention, and allowed her to meet dignitaries such as Queen Elizabeth and Charles Dickens.
Sister Snow is most known for penning the immortal phrases to Oh My Father,
(https://www.lds.org/music/library/hymns/o-my-father?lang=eng) in addition to organizing the
womens, young womens, and childrens church societies.
Outside of her famous accomplishments, Sister Snow was a plural wife to both Prophets Joseph
Smith and Brigham Young. Though she was not blessed with children through either union,
Sister Snow was known loving throughout the Utah territory as Aunt Eliza. She taught school
children throughout her life and to share her extensive education with others.
The words accomplished, educated, organized, or even talented do not even begin to
describe Sister Eliza R. Snow. Sister Snow was more akin to a force of nature than anything else
when she lived with the Saints during the nineteenth century. Whatever she put her mind to, she
could do. Zion was blessed immeasurably by this dedicated and driven woman.
Hyperlink to the URL of the article
http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Snow,_Eliza_R.
Source Encyclopedia of Mormonism
(Optional) Hyperlinks to relevant articles, videos, etc.
https://www.lds.org/ensign/1973/09/eliza-r-snow-first-lady-of-the-pioneers?lang=eng

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http://josephsmithpapers.org/person?name=Eliza+Roxcy+Snow
https://www.lds.org/callings/relief-society/relief-society-presidents/eliza-r-snow?lang=eng
Byline Mackenzie Brown, Mormon Insights

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