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Eliza R. (Eliza Roxey) Snow
1804–1887
A leading voice among early Latter-day Saint women, she was known in her lifetime as “Zion’s Poetess” and helped shape both the literature and women’s organizations of the faith. Her hymns, poems, and public leadership made her one of the most influential Mormon women of the nineteenth century.
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Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
by Eliza R. (Eliza Roxey) Snow
About the author
Born in Becket, Massachusetts, in 1804 and raised in Mantua, Ohio, she became an early member of the Latter-day Saint movement in 1835. Over the years she lived in key Mormon settlements in Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, and later Utah, and she built a reputation as a gifted writer and speaker.
Best known as Eliza R. Snow, she wrote poetry, hymns, and prose that gave voice to the spiritual hopes and daily experience of her community. Several reference works describe her as a major figure in defining the role of Mormon women, and she is still remembered for both her literary work and her religious leadership.
From the late 1860s until her death in 1887, she served as general president of the Relief Society, one of the most important women’s organizations in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She also played a major role in women’s work connected with education, publishing, and church service, leaving behind a legacy that reaches far beyond her poetry.