List of general presidencies of the Relief Society

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 1 – 1844 Emma Smith Sarah M. Cleveland Elizabeth Ann Whitney 2 December 1866 – Eliza R. Snow Sole churchwide leader until presidency reorganized June 19, 1880 Zina D. H. Young (1880-87) Elizabeth Ann Whitney (1880-82) None (1882-87) 3 – Zina D. H. Young Jane S. Richards Bathsheba W. Smith 4 – Bathsheba W. Smith Annie Taylor Hyde (1901–09) Ida S. Dusenberry None (1909–10) 5 – Emmeline B. Wells Clarissa S. Williams Julina L. Smith 6 – Clarissa S. Williams Jennie B. Knight Louise Y. Robison 7 – Louise Y. Robison Amy B. Lyman Julia A. Child (1928–35) Kate M. Barker (1935–39) 8 – Amy B. Lyman Marcia K. Howells Donna D. Sorensen (1940–42) Belle S. Spafford (1942–45) 9 – Belle S. Spafford Marianne C. Sharp Gertrude R. Garff (1945–47) Velma N. Simonsen (1947–56) Helen W. Anderson (1957–58) Louise W. Madsen (1958–74) 10 – Barbara B. Smith Janath R. Cannon (1974–78) Marian R. Boyer (1974–78) Marian R. Boyer (1978–84) Shirley W. Thomas (1978–83) Ann S. Reese (1983–84) 11 – Barbara W. Winder Joy F. Evans Joanne B. Doxey 12 – Elaine L. Jack Chieko N. Okazaki Aileen H. Clyde 13 – Mary Ellen W. Smoot Virginia U. Jensen Sheri L. Dew 14 – Bonnie D. Parkin Kathleen H. Hughes Anne C. Pingree 15 – Julie B. Beck Silvia H. Allred Barbara Thompson 16 – Linda K. Burton Carole M. Stephens Linda S. Reeves17 – Jean B. Bingham Sharon Eubank Reyna I. Aburto 18 Camille N. Johnson Meet the New Leaders Called at the April 2022 General Conference, Newsroom, churchofjesuschrist.org, 2 April 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.Sustaining of General Authorities, Area Seventies, and General Officers, Liahona, May 2022, pp. 30-31. J. Anette Dennis Kristin M. Yee

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