People
The names of more than two thousand individuals appear in the documents published in The First Fifty Years of Relief Society: Key Documents in Latter-day Saint Women’s History. Brief biographical entries for almost all of these people are available below. For information on certain style rules used in preparing these entries, see Biographical Directory Editorial Conventions.
An index that identifies the location(s) where each individual is mentioned in the printed volume can be found here. Though this index does not contain hyperlinks to the documents on this website, it may serve as a useful guide to locating individuals on this site. Another way to find individuals is by using the website search function. Those doing extensive research may wish to use the print edition of The First Fifty Years of Relief Society.
- Babbitt, Almira Castle
- Babcock Stanley, Asenath
- Babcock, Amanda Foot
- Bacon, Celestia Sisson
- Badger, Lydia Chamberlain
- Badlam, Mary Ann Brannan
- Baggs Gaylord, Lucinda
- Baggs McArthur, Cynthia
- Baggs, Elizabeth (Betsey)
- Bagley, Nancy Ann Belt
- Bailey Gibbs, Sarah
- Bailey, Sarah
- Bailey, Sarah Andrews
- Bair, Lydia Regester
- Baker, Mercy Young
- Baker, Sarah (Sally) Hawkes
- Baldwin Taylor, Olive
- Baldwin Tyler, Rene
- Baldwin, Elvira Basford
- Baldwin, Eunice Mary Baldwin
- Baldwin, Mary Porter
- Baldwin, Nancy Kingsbury
- Ball, Percinda
- Ballantyne Moncur, Jane
- Ballantyne Taylor, Jane
- Ballantyne, Huldah Meriah Clark
- Ballard, Caroline
- Ballard, Elizabeth Shumate
- Ballo Turnbow, Sarah Ann Johnson
- Ballon, Johanna Ford
- Barbour Johnston Barker, Jane
- Barkdall, Widow
- Barker Bates, Mary Helen
- Barlow, Elizabeth Haven
- Barnet, Lodemia Sly
- Barney, Elvira Stevens
- Barney, Lillis Ballou Comstock
- Barnum Curtis, Elizabeth Thorn
- Barnum, Maria Collins
- Barratt, Matilda Moorhouse
- Barrows, Lorena Covey
- Barrus, Huldah Abigail Nickerson
- Bartholomew, Lucretia C. Wheeler
- Barton, Clarissa (Clara) Harlowe
- Barton, Ellen Ann Beazer
- Barton, Mary
- Barton, Mary (Polly) Brown
- Barton, Mary Cooley
- Barton, Peter
- Baskin, Robert Newton
- Bateman, Margaret Turner
- Bathrick Kelley Shockley Crabtree Copeland Prosso, Sarah Pierce Brigman
- Baxter, Eunice Abigale Seavy
- Bayles, Juliet Homan
- Bayley, James
- Beal, Emma R. Strudwick
- Beatie, Phebe Young
- Beck, Hannah Forsyth
- Beck, Thomas Harrison
- Beckelhymer, Susannah Kinsey
- Bedford, Mary
- Beecher Lincoln Robinson, Mary Elmina
- Beecher, Sylvia Desire Wheeler
- Beman Young, Louisa
- Benbow, Jane Holmes
- Benjamin, Judith Reed
- Bennett, Elizabeth Marriott Burton
- Bennett, Joanna Lovell
- Bennett, John Cook
- Benson, Cynthia Vail
- Benson, Ezra Taft
- Bent, Lettice Hawkins Palmer
- Bentley, Abigail Wheeler
- Bentley, Adelia Whitmore
- Bentley, Rhoda Ann Thompson
- Berry, Armelia Shanks
- Bickmore Christian, Charity Jackson
- Bidwell Hatch, Elizabeth (Betsey) Roe
- Bigler Lambson, Melissa Jane
- Bigler, Amy Lorette Chase
- Bigler, Eliza Cannon Miller
- Bigler, Mary Ann Boggess
- Bigler, Nancy Ann Keller
- Bigler, Sister
- Bigler, Susannah Ogden
- Billings Howland, Sarah Ann
- Billings Tripp, Roxanna Sophia
- Billings, Diantha Morley
- Bills Lazenby, Elizabeth Scott
- Binder, Eliza Camp
- Bingham, Abigail Harrington
- Bingham, Lucinda Gates
- Bingham, Martha Ann Lewis
- Birch, Ann Craven
- Birchall, Sarah Hobson
- Bird Foizey, Hannah Middlemass
- Bird, James
- Bird, Mary Frances Rich
- Bird, Melissa (Millicent/Polly) Coleman
- Blackburn, Sarah Jane Goff
- Blackhurst, Elizabeth
- Blackman, Deborah Barnum
- Blair Ellsworth, Ellen Cornelia
- Blair, Elizabeth Fife Johnson
- Blair, Hannah Victoria Johnson
- Blair, Henry William
- Blair, Martha Ann Ball Johnson
- Blair, Sarah Jane Foster
- Blair, Sarah Maria Texana East
- Blake, Mary Ives
- Blamires Swan, Elizabeth
- Blood, George Hooper
- Blood, Jane Wilkie Hooper
- Blood, John Hooper
- Blood, William
- Bloxham, Diana Harris
- Boggs, Evelina Martin
- Boggs, Lilburn W
- Boice Wright Honor, Sarah Conklin
- Bolentine, Jane
- Bonney, Adeline Works
- Booth Lewis Harney, Catherine Eliza Ramsdal
- Booth Pack, Nancy Aurelia
- Booth Smith, Elizabeth (Eliza)
- Booth, Eliza
- Boren, Lavina
- Borrowman, Agnes Thompson Park
- Bosley, Ann Kelley
- Bosnell Fielding Dalton Perkins, Jane Benson
- Bostwick, Orsamus Ferdinand
- Boswell, Gerusha Hambleton
- Boyce Day, Susannah Content Judd
- Boyce Truman, Elizabeth
- Boyington, Martha Head
- Brace Jenkins, Verona Jemima
- Brace, Jemima
- Bracken Ramsay, Mary Ann
- Bracken, Elizabeth Clark
- Bradford Gardner, Abigail Sprague
- Bradford, Ellen Clarke Watkin
- Bradley, Abigail
- Bradley, Nancy Bartholomew
- Brady, Elizabeth Ann Hendrickson
- Brazier, Sarah Luff Mott
- Brewster Phelps, Lydia Caroline
- Brewster, Caroline Williams
- Brewster, Jane J.
- Brewster, Sister
- Briarly, Esther Shaw
- Brinton, Sarah Piercel
- Broadhead, Harriet Betts
- Brockbank, Sarah Brown
- Broomley, Sister
- Brough, Mary Winter Fanthorp
- Browett Johnson, Elizabeth Harris
- Brown Newbury Critchlow, Nancy
- Brown, Harriet (Hattie) Canfield
- Brown, Harriet Canfield
- Brown, Joseph Emerson
- Brown, Kate Henrietta Powell
- Brown, Lydia Maria Lathrop
- Brown, Mary
- Brown, Mary Ann Wood Watt
- Brown, Mary Arey Babbitt
- Brown, Mary Quade
- Brown, Polly
- Brown, Sarah
- Brown, Sarah Campbell
- Brown, Sarah Godwin Sherratt
- Brown, Sarah Mumford
- Brown, Susan Foutz
- Bruce, Mercy Ann Simmonds
- Brush, Catherine Candace Fausett
- Brush, Margaret Maxfield
- Bryan, Maranda Cazier
- Buck Lee, Anna Hollis
- Buell, Presendia Lathrop Huntington
- Bullard Grant, Mary Ann Hyde
- Bullard Parsons, Sarah
- Bullard, Caroline M. Jordan
- Bullard, Elizabeth Gilchrist
- Bullock, Electa Wood
- Bullock, Thomas
- Bundy, Mary Smith
- Burbank, Abigail Blodget King
- Burgess Jones, Hannah
- Burgess, Brother
- Burgess, James
- Burgess, Sophia Minerva Foster
- Burgess, Violate Stockwell
- Burk Price, Abi Salina
- Burk, Keziah Keturah Van Benthuysen Rollins Bunnell
- Burke, Emily Jane Smith
- Burkett Sears, Sarah Jane
- Burkett Williams Johnson Allen, Elizabeth Ann (Betey)
- Burkett, Mary
- Burkett, Sarah J.
- Burkett, Sarah Jane Smith
- Burnes, Elizabeth
- Burnes, Elizabeth
- Burnes, Elizabeth Jane Peirce
- Burt, Asenath Childs
- Burton, Clara Beazer
- Burton, Eliza Hooper
- Burton, James Walton
- Burton, Maria Susan Haven
- Burton, Robert Taylor
- Busby, Ann Cady Eldridge
- Bush, Elizabeth Motts
- Butler Allred, Lucy (Polly) Ann
- Butler Miller, Lovica Herring Robinson
- Butler, Caroline Farozine Skeen
- Butler, Charity Lowe
- Butler, Huldah Howes Downs
- Butler, John Lowe
- Butler, Susanna
- Butt, Julia Ann Mariah Nielson
- Butterfield Barney, Louisa Walker
- Butterfield, Caroline Sprout
- Butterfield, Margaret Major Lawrence
- Butterfield, Mary Jane Parker