{"id":1605,"date":"2009-12-17T09:51:35","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T15:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/blog\/?p=1605"},"modified":"2019-01-25T16:01:05","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T22:01:05","slug":"amy-brown-lyman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/17\/amy-brown-lyman\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy Brown Lyman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0Amy Cassandra Brown was born February 7, 1872, in Pleasant Grove, Utah.\u00a0 She grew up to be<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0the General Relief Society President during a changing world, where she would influence the sisters during WWI, the Great Depression, and WWII.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">There were many diseases\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">and poor medical care during Amy\u2019s youth; many loved ones died\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">or became invalid because of this, including Amy\u2019s mother.\u00a0 Margaret received improper care while giving childbirth, suffering the ill effects the rest of her life.\u00a0 Because of this, she read medical books and learned how to treat everyone in their small town.\u00a0 Margaret\u2019s determination influenced Amy to want better care for the individual.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Amy learned to love books through her father.\u00a0 She attended Brigham Young Academy, forming a close association with Karl Maeser, living with his family for a time.\u00a0 She met her husband, Richard Lyman, at school.\u00a0 She continued her studies and taught at home while Richard attended graduate school in Michigan where no married students were allowed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Finally, they married and moved to Chicago for continued schooling.\u00a0 While there, Amy took a sociology class and began volunteering at Hull House.\u00a0 She formed a friendship for life with its founder, Jane Addams.\u00a0 Social problems became Amy\u2019s life focus from this time forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">After finishing Richard\u2019s schooling in Ithaca, New York, they moved back to Salt Lake City.\u00a0 A short time later, she was called to serve on the Relief Society Board where she was introduced to Bathsheba W. 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Wells, who was\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">noted for her long work with the Women\u2019s Exponent.\u00a0 Amy would become the bridge between the changing generations of Relief Society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It was Amy who organized the offices of the Relief Society with more staff, improved reporting procedures\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">and compiled the records of the Relief Society history.\u00a0 She was also involved with creating the first lesson plans that would be published in the Relief Society Bulletin, and later the Magazine, serving as an editor for a few years.\u00a0 She felt education lessons and handicrafts would uplift the soul and add meaning to a woman\u2019s life during these hard times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">During the world wars, Amy was there with her expertise in social welfare, teaching, and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">training. 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Smith, Amy served as the first director of the Church\u2019s newly formed social welfare department.\u00a0 She also served in the Utah legislature, furthering humanitarian social action.\u00a0 It is thanks to her that there is a Mental Hospital in Provo\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">and a mentally handicapped training school in American Fork.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Her husband was called to serve in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles while Amy was serving as General Relief Society secretary. \u00a0While serving as a counselor to Louise Y. 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