Commissioned for the pioneer sesquicentennial, here is a remarkable volume by Carol Cornwall Madsen that captures the spirit of the pioneer experience and spans the entire pioneer period, 1846-1869. It is a fine collection of documents selected from the writing and diaries of the pioneers who traveled the Mormon Trail. Readers are sure to gain a deeper understanding and greater appreciation for pioneer heritage and history.

This collection of primary sources opens a window into the fascinating and largely unknown early history of the women's Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Published in 2016, the volume provides an authoritative history of the first fifty years of the Relief Society through transcripts of seventy-eight key documents, accompanied by introductions, annotation, and hundreds of biographical sketches.This collection of