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She Ought to Be Encouraged

All day I have been in confusion. saw Joseph F. Smith, C. [Charles] W. Penrose and Bishop [Hiram B.] Clawson the first thing this morning & arranged to go to the Penitentiary to see Belle Harris & baby confined there for contempt of court for declining to answer questions about her private affairs she ought to be encouraged. (18 May 1883)

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The diaries of Emmeline B. Wells provide a window into the life of one of the most influential Latter-day Saint women in the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In the diaries she is both historymaker, as she meets with presidents and works with national suffrage leaders, and historian, as she documents noteworthy events, daily interactions with her family and members of her community, and her adversities and faith. The diaries are a record of her perceptions and philosophies, and they are valuable not only to historians but also to those simply curious about this remarkable woman and the time in which she lived.

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