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elderolddog
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Date: March 24, 2024 12:46PM
Wikipedia says that JoJu was pleased as punch to help set up the RS, in 1842.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relief_SocietyThis same article says that JoJu then shut down the RS, in March of 1844, because, "Emma Smith had often used the Relief Society as a pulpit to express her opposition to plural marriage. However, several of the society's members and leaders were themselves secretly in plural marriages, including to (Emma) Smith's own husband... These inner conflicts led Joseph Smith to suspend all meetings of the organization.
"After the death of Joseph Smith in June 1844, Brigham Young assumed leadership of the majority of Latter Day Saints. Desiring to continue plural marriage, Young disbanded the Relief Society before leaving Nauvoo for the Salt Lake Valley."
From what I've read, not only on Wikipedia, the RS was autonomous until Priesthood Correlation struck the church, beginning in the late '60s, when I was called to be an EQP... I apologize!