Women

• "Church Asks Activist Group to Reconsider Plans to Protest at General Conference", 17 March 2014 (Original link no longer viable. See via wayback machine.)

Includes an official letter from some women in the Church's PR department responding to plans by the organization, Ordain Women, to demonstrate for female ordination at the Church’s worldwide general conference.

• The Family: A Proclamation to the World

Many important principles that have bearing on womanhood.

• Daughters in My Kingdom: The History and Work of Relief Society, Ch. 8, Blessings of the Priesthood for All: An Inseparable Connection with the Priesthood

Under the subtitle, Gifts of the Spirit, it says:

"Because Latter-day Saint women have received the gift of the Holy Ghost, they can seek and be blessed by spiritual gifts such as 'the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth.' Throughout the history of the Church, Latter-day Saint women have received gifts of the Spirit and used them to bless their families and others."

A story is also told of how Amanda Barnes Smith exercised the gift of healing.

Cross-References

• Feminism
• Gender
• Relief Society