By: Ardis E. Parshall - June 02, 2015 General Relief Society President Clarissa Smith Williams, who served from 1921 to 1928, became concerned early in her administration by the rates of infant and maternal mortality in the Church. As a result, maternal care became one of the hallmarks of the Relief Society in that era. Where Church population and finances permitted, Relief Societies opened maternity hospitals; all Societies were asked t...
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