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 \nFacts answer these questions in no uncertain tones.Will youlisten to a \"Mormon”woman's recital of these facts?  \nTHE DESERET NEWS PRESSSALT LAKE CITY,UTAH  \n1926  \n2319  \nA GROUP OF WOMEN FOUNDERS OF THE CHURCH  \n1.Lacy Mack Smith,Mother of the Prophet Joseph Smith,representative Motherin the Church.  \n2.Mary Fielding Smith,wife of Patriarch Hyrum Smith,organizer and the repre-sentative Utah Pioneer woman.3.Eliza R.Snow,Zion's Poetess,great pioneer organizer and leader of womenin all movements  \n4.Zina D.H,Young,representative orator,hygienist,and President of the pioneer\"Silk Association.  \n5.Louie B.Felt.pioneer General President of the Primary Association,stilliving.  \n6.Emmeline B.Wells,journalist,poete88 and President of Grain Saving Mission.7Elmina S.Taylor,pioneer General President of the Young Ladies Mutual Im-provement Association.  \n丁3ne 2014mo AA/He  \n# Women of the “Mormon”Church\n\nOPENING THE“GATE BEAUTIFUL”TO WOMEN  \nWhen the Prophet Joseph Smith asked the Lord for wisdom on anearly spring day in 1820,the gateway of heaven was opened,and angelscame through for the first time in centuries.That opened gateway ledinto the higher courts of life's temple.  \nIn the temple at Jerusalem,women were not permitted to go beyondthe Gate Beautiful;they never entered into the Court of Sacrifice norinto the higher Holy Place.During the dark ages,after the light of reve-lation had been withdrawn from the earth,women felt keenly,but perhapsunconsciously,the heavy hand of superstition and oppression.Men,because of superior strength and public leadership,could force their waythrough the clouds of darkness and superstition,but helpless women andlittle children were sufferers,as they always are when sex ethics are ofdouble standard,and life is bound by great ambition and lustful desires.So that,when the vision of the Father and the Son,given to the ProphetJoseph Smith in 1820 came through that golden gateway,the women withtheir little children were among the most blessed recipients of the resultsof that vision.  \nThe excavations which have been going on in the valley of the Eu-phrates for some years proved to the learned Dr.Sayce that the ancientSemites believed in a divine Father and Mother who together with theirelder Son ruled the heavens.  \nMoses well understood this truth,for in his recital of the creation ofthe earth in six days or in six time periods,he says:“And God said,Letus make man in our image,after our","cbCaic7km4VUu5db","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaic7km4VUu5db","pdf",1603968,22,"English","# Women of the “Mormon”Church\n## OPENING THE“GATE BEAUTIFUL”TO WOMEN\n## The hymn \"O My Father\"","[{\"question\":\"What questions does the book raise about Mormon women?\",\"answer\":\"It asks whether Mormon women are free agents or affected by an inferiority complex, whether they are educated or illiterate, how they are involved in church activities, and whether modern sex conflict shapes their roles.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the text connect women’s status to the “Gate Beautiful”?\",\"answer\":\"It describes the opening of heaven’s gateway for Joseph Smith and explains that, historically, women in the Jerusalem temple were not permitted beyond the Gate Beautiful, linking this to themes of oppression and blessing.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the book say about the eternal family?\",\"answer\":\"It emphasizes that the family is the eternal unit and the foundation of intelligent social life; without strong family cohesion, it argues there is no stimulus for human struggle and social development.\"}]","Women of the “Mormon”Church - OPENING THE “GATE BEAUTIFUL” TO WOMEN | PDF",1790583543,55]