which sisters founded relief society
We all need to know our beginnings, says Sister Bonnie D. Parkin, Relief Society general president. Relief Society was founded through a prophet and organized under the hand of God.. Of Relief Society's beginnings, Sister Susan W. Tanner, Young Women general president, says, Young women need role models.
LaRene Porter Gaunt, Welcome to Relief Society, Ensign, Aug. 2004, 15. Sister Bonnie D. Parkin, Relief Society general president, and Sister Susan W. Tanner, Young Women general president, readily agree they are a team. We have both worked in Relief Society and in Young Women, says Sister Parkin. We're united because we've seen both sides of the spectrum.