Sarah Granger Kimball NEW Painting of a great Great Young Latter Day Saint woman

Kimball, Sarah Encyclopedia of Mormonism

Sarah Granger Kimball

See this page in the original 1992 publication.

Author: Richards, Mary Stovall

Sarah Melissa Granger Kimball (1818-1898) was founder of the Ladies' Society of Nauvoo, a suffragist, an advocate of women's rights, ward Relief Society president for forty years, and a strong presence in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for much of the nineteenth century. Described by one of her associates as possessing "the courage to say what she thought," Sarah Kimball labored for the advancement of women, arguing that "education and agitation are our best weapons of warfare" (Woman's Exponent 20 [1 May 1892]:159 and 18 [15 Feb. 1890]:139, respectively). Such militancy was tempered, however, by her strong commitment to the Church and her loyalty to its leaders. Indeed, she saw little discrepancy between her devotion to the Church and her dedication to women's rights, since Joseph Smith's "turning of the key" of power to women in 1842 had, in her view, led to the beginnings of the national women's rights movement.

Close up of my original

I did the for this piece in front of Sarah Granger's home in Nauvoo  Illinois.
this was a prep for a larger piece I may do later.
The original is 11 by 14  inches oil on panel. price is $795. to purchase call 801-803-3415 or check out my web store at www.bedardfineart.com thank you





One story of Sarah Granger her and her seamstress margaret A. Cook to sew clothing for workers of the temple in 1842.  which would later lead to forming the oldest and best woman's organizations in the world.

Relief Society Seal
Motto	"Charity never faileth"
Formation	March 17, 1842
Type	Non-profit
Purpose	gospel instruction, women's/familial support, humanitarian aid
Headquarters	Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Membership	six million women in over 170 countries.[1]
General President	Linda K. Burton
Parent organization	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Website	Official website

Gustoweh feather placement

Gustoweh feather placement is done according to each of the individual tribe to identify the particular   as demonstrated above.

Each male tribal member within the Confederacy is easy to spot by the way they have their gustoweh constructed. The gustoweh is formed with the wood frame and feathers, but each tribe has a different number of upright feathers.

The Mohawk will have three individual sockets, therefore, three distinct upright feathers. The Oneida’s gustoweh has three sockets, but two are for upright feathers, and the third at the back of the frame is laying down, so the large feather will be aimed at a downward slant, also called a side feather. The gustoweh of the Onondaga has two sockets, one is upright, the other is a side feather.

The Cayuga gustoweh has an angled socket, so the feather is not upright or laying down, but at a forty-five degree angle, off to the side. The Seneca gustoweh has one upright, and finally the Tuscarora has a smooth frame for just the wing and body feathers.

It doesn’t not have a socket for an upright feather.

The gustoweh is a fitted hat that men construct and wear. Since the Haudenosaunee are matrilineal, any Haudenosaunee man wishing to wear a gustoweh should wear one according to his mother’s tribe.