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Known for What I Am

An Artist called to consult me about having a portrait taken. I feel I ought to do so as I am sure my life has been a very peculiar one, I regret that I am not able to publish my writings. Once before the world in the hands of readers, I feel I should be known for what I am. Now I am comparatively unknown; perhaps it is best so. (26 February 1881)

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The diaries of Emmeline B. Wells provide a window into the life of one of the most influential Latter-day Saint women in the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In the diaries she is both historymaker, as she meets with presidents and works with national suffrage leaders, and historian, as she documents noteworthy events, daily interactions with her family and members of her community, and her adversities and faith. The diaries are a record of her perceptions and philosophies, and they are valuable not only to historians but also to those simply curious about this remarkable woman and the time in which she lived.

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