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| + | [[Lucy Mack Smith]] was the mother of [[Joseph Smith]], Jr. She is noted for writing the memoir: ''Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith, the Prophet, and His Progenitors for Many Generations''. She was a great and important leader of the movement during the life of Joseph. | ||
| − | + | Lucy Mack Smith was born on July 8, 1775, in Gilsum, New Hampshire, into a changing social atmosphere. Mothers had gained more importance in the home for rearing and training their children, and watching over their intellectual, moral, and religious development. At the same time, the social landscape was becoming more various, so that choices in the home could be more individual in relation to the leaning of the community. Other forces worked on the Smith family. A series of financial setbacks had forced them to move several times; their lack of money forced everyone in the family to seek for employment for the family's support; the lack of funds limited access to education for the children, placing even more responsibility on Lucy to educate them; and an upswelling of spiritual revivalism had overtaken New England with various Christian sects vying for converts, creating contention and religious passion. | |
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| + | In spite of personal hardship, Lucy Mack Smith raised her children in an atmosphere of reverence for God and responsibility toward others. | ||
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Revision as of 16:01, 14 March 2008
Lucy Mack Smith was the mother of Joseph Smith, Jr. She is noted for writing the memoir: Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith, the Prophet, and His Progenitors for Many Generations. She was a great and important leader of the movement during the life of Joseph.
Lucy Mack Smith was born on July 8, 1775, in Gilsum, New Hampshire, into a changing social atmosphere. Mothers had gained more importance in the home for rearing and training their children, and watching over their intellectual, moral, and religious development. At the same time, the social landscape was becoming more various, so that choices in the home could be more individual in relation to the leaning of the community. Other forces worked on the Smith family. A series of financial setbacks had forced them to move several times; their lack of money forced everyone in the family to seek for employment for the family's support; the lack of funds limited access to education for the children, placing even more responsibility on Lucy to educate them; and an upswelling of spiritual revivalism had overtaken New England with various Christian sects vying for converts, creating contention and religious passion.
In spite of personal hardship, Lucy Mack Smith raised her children in an atmosphere of reverence for God and responsibility toward others.
