What Happened on this day in LDS Church History? On
this day in LDS Church History in 1869, in the Lion House in Salt Lake
City, Brigham Young organized his daughters to lead the Young Ladies' Department of the Cooperative Retrenchment Association,
which later became the Young Women's Auxiliary of the church. Brigham
Young asked the General Relief Society President of the church, Eliza R.
Snow, to form retrenchment organizations in each ward. There was no
General Presidency for the retrenchment associations at that time. 'The
word 'retrenchment' in the original name reflects Brigham Young’s
desire that they 'retrench in everything that is bad and worthless, and
improve in everything that is good and beautiful … to live so that you
may be truly happy in this life and the life to come' (History of the Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association,
9–10). Retrenchment meant more than adopting a simpler lifestyle; it
meant a change of heart. Eliza R. Snow said: “What do I want to retrench
from? It is my ignorance and every thing that is not of God” (Daughters in My Kingdom [2011], 45). Links to Further Understanding
http://www.mormonchannel.org/legacy/65
https://www.lds.org/callings/young-women/leader-resources/history/timeline-of-young-women-history?lang=eng
http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/young-women
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