Janiece Johnson

Janiece Johnson is a transplanted Bay Area, California, native who loves history, design, art, good food, and traveling in non-pandemic times. She has master's degrees in American History and Theology from Brigham Young University and Vanderbilt’s Divinity School, and a PhD from the University of Leicester in England. She co-authored The Witness of Women (Deseret Book, 2016) and was the general editor of the Mountain Meadows Massacre Complete Legal Papers (Oklahoma, 2017). Her book manuscript—American Punishment: Mormon Transgressions and the Mountain Meadows Massacre is under contract with UNC Press as she continues work on a book project on early Book of Mormon reception.

Latter-day Saint Life

The relationship between Relief Society, priesthood, and the temple

By Jennifer Reeder

March 11, 2022 01:02 PM MST

“You, my sisters, if you are faithful will become Queens of Queens, and Priestesses unto the Most High God. These are your callings.” —Eliza R. Snow

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Latter-day Saint Life

How women of the early Relief Society served nationally and globally

By Jennifer Reeder

March 10, 2019 10:56 PM MDT

Throughout the 19th century, Relief Society members became involved in national and international women’s associations to give women a public forum and to improve humanity at large.

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Latter-day Saint Life

What Joseph Smith Taught Women About Gifts of the Spirit

By Janiece Johnson

March 03, 2019 10:00 PM MST

“Here let thy holy Spirit rest

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Women's Charge to Expound and Exhort

By Jennifer Reeder

February 24, 2019 10:00 PM MST

“To give instruction, where instruction’s voice

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Latter-day Saint Life

9 Women Who Knew and Bore Powerful Testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith

By Jennifer Reeder

January 26, 2017 09:43 AM MST

The following is an excerpt from the book The Witness of Women: Firsthand Experiences and Testimonies from the Restoration, by Janiece Johnson and Jennifer Reeder:

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