Eliza

Few women have been required to give so much and have been willing to endure so much hardship in life as Eliza R. Snow. Yet she met the challenge and moved through life with great dignity and strength that inspired a generation of women who experienced many of her same experiences on the American frontier. Eliza was a refined lady who came into Church with a zeal and testimony that never flagged. She stood near the Prophet Joseph Smith as a special lady, and when he was killed, she supported and married Brigham Young. In the mountain West, Eliza became the very symbol of service. She became head of the Church Relief Society and stood as the key spokeswoman for all the women of the Church before the councils of the Priesthood. When she departed this life she requested that the Assembly Hall, where here funeral was held, be draped in white as a sign of her joyful departure into the spirit world. Now, the story of this noble woman of strength and dedication comes to life in this biography.