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The Women Who Stored Wheat: Relief Society’s Grain-Storage Story

Illustration of pioneer women gathering wheat and keeping granary records for the Relief Society grain-storage program.

One woman had a grain bin to offer. Another reported an empty treasury. A third warned that frost had ruined wheat in three counties. When Relief Society leaders gathered in Salt Lake City's Social Hall on November 17, 1876, their assignment was simple to describe and difficult to carry out: obtain wheat, protect it, and hold it for a future day of hunger. The Relief Society grain-storage program would eventually reach far… Read more