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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.
Relief Society Headquarters building in Salt Lake City. In April 2005, the Relief Society received the American Red Cross "Heroes 2004 Award" for its service in the Greater Salt Lake area. [48] In 2010, Catholic Community Services honored Julie Beck, the general president of the Relief Society, where she was named Community Partner. [49]
From the 1970s to 2013, the Relief Society held a general meeting in Salt Lake City, annually in late September, which was broadcast around the world via television and radio, and later the Internet. This meeting was an opportunity for the General Relief Society Presidency to address the entire body of the Relief Society.
At the church's April 1997 general conference, Smoot was accepted as the Relief Society General President, with Virginia U. Jensen and Sheri L. Dew as her counselors. [11] Smoot succeeded Elaine L. Jack, who had served since 1990. Smoot was the first president to call an unmarried woman (Dew) as a member of the Relief Society General Presidency ...
Spafford was released as Relief Society General President in 1974 after serving for almost 30 years in that position, the longest term of service in the church's history for a Relief Society president. [16] [17] She was succeeded by Barbara B. Smith. [16]
Dew was a counselor to Mary Ellen W. Smoot in the general presidency of the women's Relief Society from 1997 to 2002, [18] the first unmarried woman called to this position. [4] As an author, Dew was the authorized biographer for three church presidents: Ezra Taft Benson, Gordon B. Hinckley, and Russell M. Nelson.
Elaine Jack (née Low; born March 22, 1928) was the twelfth Relief Society general president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1990 to 1997. She also served in the general presidency of the church's Young Women organization from 1987 to 1990.
Camille Neddo Johnson (born September 12, 1963) is an American religious leader and lawyer serving since 2022 as the 18th Relief Society General President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). She previously served as the church's 14th Primary General President from April 2021 to August 2022.