Société de secours
Sharp served on the General Relief Society Board for 34 years. She was appointed to the Relief Society General Presidency in 1940. J. Reuben Clark tried to dissuade Relief Society president Belle S. Spafford from choosing his daughter as a counselor. In 1943, she became the associate editor of "Relief Society Magazine" until 1945, when she became its editor. She remained its editor until it ceased publication in January 1971. Sharp was made president of the Relief Society in April 1945.