This list of General Presidencies of the Relief Society includes the General President and the counselors of the Relief Society General Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
No. | Dates | General President | First Counselor | Second Counselor | |||
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1 | March 17, 1842 (1842-03-17) – 1844 | Emma Smith | Sarah M. Cleveland | Elizabeth Ann Whitney | |||
2 | December 1866 – December 5, 1887 (1887-12-05) | Eliza R. Snow | Zina D. H. Young | ||||
3 | April 8, 1888 (1888-04-08) – August 28, 1901 (1901-08-28) | Zina D. H. Young | Jane S. Richards | Bathsheba W. Smith | |||
4 | November 10, 1901 (1901-11-10) – September 20, 1910 (1910-09-20) | Bathsheba W. Smith | Annie Taylor Hyde (1901–09) | Ida S. Dusenberry | |||
None (1909–10) | |||||||
5 | October 3, 1910 (1910-10-03) – April 2, 1921 (1921-04-02) | Emmeline B. Wells | Clarissa S. Williams | Julina L. Smith | |||
6 | April 2, 1921 (1921-04-02) – October 7, 1928 (1928-10-07) | Clarissa S. Williams | Jennie B. Knight | Louise Y. Robison | |||
7 | October 7, 1928 (1928-10-07) – December 31, 1939 (1939-12-31) | Louise Y. Robison | Amy B. Lyman | Julia A. Child (1928–35) | |||
Kate M. Barker (1935–39) | |||||||
8 | January 1, 1940 (1940-01-01) – April 6, 1945 (1945-04-06) | Amy B. Lyman | Marcia K. Howells | Donna D. Sorensen (1940–42) | |||
Belle S. Spafford (1942–45) | |||||||
9 | April 6, 1945 (1945-04-06) – October 3, 1974 (1974-10-03) | Belle S. Spafford | Marianne C. Sharp | Gertrude R. Garff (1945–47) | |||
Velma N. Simonsen (1947–56) | |||||||
Helen W. Anderson (1957–58) | |||||||
Louise W. Madsen (1958–74) | |||||||
10 | October 3, 1974 (1974-10-03) – April 7, 1984 (1984-04-07) | Barbara B. Smith | Janath R. Cannon (1974–78) | Marian R. Boyer (1974–78) | |||
Marian R. Boyer (1978–84) | Shirley W. Thomas (1978–83) | ||||||
Ann S. Reese (1983–84) | |||||||
11 | April 7, 1984 (1984-04-07) – March 31, 1990 (1990-03-31) | Barbara W. Winder | Joy F. Evans | Joanne B. Doxey | |||
12 | March 31, 1990 (1990-03-31) – April 5, 1997 (1997-04-05) | Elaine L. Jack | Chieko N. Okazaki | Aileen H. Clyde | |||
13 | April 5, 1997 (1997-04-05) – April 6, 2002 (2002-04-06) | Mary Ellen W. Smoot | Virginia U. Jensen | Sheri L. Dew | |||
14 | April 6, 2002 (2002-04-06) – March 31, 2007 (2007-03-31) | Bonnie D. Parkin | Kathleen H. Hughes | Anne C. Pingree | |||
15 | March 31, 2007 (2007-03-31) – March 31, 2012 (2012-03-31) | Julie B. Beck | Silvia H. Allred | Barbara Thompson | |||
16 | March 31, 2012 (2012-03-31) – April 1, 2017 (2017-04-01) | Linda K. Burton | Carole M. Stephens | Linda S. Reeves | |||
17 | April 1, 2017 (2017-04-01) – August 1, 2022 (2022-08-01) | Jean B. Bingham | Sharon Eubank | Reyna I. Aburto | |||
18 | August 1, 2022 (2022-08-01) | Camille N. Johnson | J. Anette Davis | Kristin M. Yee |
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