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Elizabeth Ann Claridge McCune
Elizabeth Ann Claridge McCune (February 19, 1852 – January 1, 1924) was an unofficial Mormon missionary. Her personal missionary work led to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) allowing single women to be Proselytism, proselytizing missionaries beginning in 1898. McCune's husband, Alfred W. McCune, was a wealthy Utah politician and businessman and she held several important positions in various organizations in Utah and for the LDS Church. Early life and marriage McCune was born in Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England on February 19, 1852 to Samuel Claridge, Samuel and Charlotte Joy Claridge. Their family emigrated to the United States with the Ten Pound Company when she was eleven months old. After passing through Iowa, her family moved west to Utah Territory in 1853, where they settled in Salt Creek, later renamed Nephi, Utah, Nephi. Her parents had two other daughters in Nephi, one of which died in infancy and the other, Charlotte Joy Claridge, lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mormon Missionary
Missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church)—widely known as Mormon missionaries—are volunteer representatives of the church who engage variously in proselytizing, church service, humanitarian aid, and community service. Missionaries of the LDS Church may be male or female (''Sister Missionaries'') and may serve on a full- or part-time basis, depending on the assignment. Missionaries are organized geographically into missions, which could be any one of the 411 missions organized worldwide. The LDS Church is one of the most active modern practitioners of missionary work, reporting that it had more than 54,000 full-time missionaries and 36,000 service missionaries worldwide at the end of 2021. Most full-time LDS missionaries are single young men and women in their late teens and early twenties and older couples no longer with children in their home. Missionaries are often assigned to serve far from their homes, including in other countries. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
