After Emma Smith, the beloved wife of Mormon founder Joseph Smith, Eliza R. Snow may be the best-known woman in Latter-day Saint history.
Snow was a dominating presence in 19th-century Mormonism. She was at the founding meeting of the faith’s female Relief Society and later became its president. She championed women’s suffrage and heralded women’s voices. And she penned the words to one of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ most famous hymns, “O My Father,” which ironically laid out a theological argument for a Heavenly Mother.
