which RS President was converted after attending a RS Bday party?

[tonjahParticipant]

I read somewhere on this site last week, that one of the General RS President joined the church when she was invited to a RS party celebrating the organization of the RS, but can’t find it now.. I had never heard that story before, but it would be a perfect thing to share at our meeting this week for the 170th year celebration.Anyone ever heard this story, or know which president it was?

[Jenny SmithParticipant]

You're talking about Barbara B Smith.

The story is here: http://www.mormonshare.com/relief-society-birthday-celebration-and-party-ideas

You never know who you're influencing at the Birthday Party…

Barbara B. Smith, tenth General Relief Society President, first attended Relief Society on March 17, 1942, for the 100th anniversary Relief Society Birthday program. She was expecting a baby, and her mother didn't want to leave her alone at home. She observed, "That day at Relief Society the hundred years of Relief Society history were reviewed, a meaningful way for me to see what Relief Society was all about and how I could fit into it. I started to attend our ward Relief Society regularly soon after that." (" 'Joy in Every Minute': An Interview with Sister Barbara B. Smith," Ensign, June 1975, 61)

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