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A faded legacy :

Hall, Dave, 1957-

A faded legacy : Amy Brown Lyman and Mormon women's activism, 1872-1959 / Dave Hall. - 1 online resource (xvi, 266 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-256) and index.

Mormon women in an American context -- A Mormon girlhood -- Wider worlds -- Reinventing the Relief Society -- A revolution in church charity -- Saving mothers and children -- Trying to hold on during the great depression -- Mission interlude -- A presidency pushing against new limits -- A faded legacy.

ISBN: 9781607814542 1607814544

LCCN: 2015022958

Subjects--Personal Names:
Lyman, Amy Brown.
Lyman, Amy Brown.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Relief Society (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)--Biography.
Relief Society (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)--History.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Charities--History.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Relief Society (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mormon women--United States--Biography.
Social reformers--United States--Biography.
Mormon women--History.--United States
Mormon Church--Charities--History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Religious.
RELIGION--Institutions & Organizations.
Charities.
Mormon Church--Charities.
Mormon women.
Social reformers.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Biography.
History.
Electronic book.

LC Class. No.: BX8695.L925

Dewey Class. No.: 267/.4493092