An article in the Women's Exponent says that a woman, Susanne Smith Adams, was set apart to "wait upon her sex in sickness."

Date
Mar 1, 1892
Type
News (traditional)
Source
L. W.
LDS
Hearsay
2nd Hand
Reference

L. W., "Death of a Heroine," Women's Exponent 20, no. 16 (March 1, 1892): 127

Scribe/Publisher
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
People
Susanne Smith Adams, L. W.
Audience
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Transcription

In 1854 she was set apart by Apostle Geo. A. Smith to wait upon her sex in sickness. For thirty eight years she humbly pursued her calling with great success.

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