Lelia ("Lillie") Tuckett Freeze (March 26, 1855 – March 23, 1937) was a leader in the Primary and Young Women organizations of

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(LDS Church). Lelia Tuckett was born in

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parents. She attended Morgan Commercial College, a business school in Salt Lake City established by John Hamilton Morgan. In 1875 she married James Perry Freeze. Freeze was a leader in a Salt Lake City

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's branch of the Young Ladies Mutual Improvement Association (YLMIA). In this capacity, she was invited to speak at the

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on April 6, 1880, at a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the LDS Church's founding. In 1880, Lillie Freeze was one of the founding members of the LDS Church's Primary Association. Freeze was appointed as the first secretary of the general presidency, which was composed of Louie B. Felt, Matilda M. Barratt, and Clara C. M. Cannon. Freeze was secretary until 1888, when she replaced Barratt as first counselor in the general presidency of the Primary. Freeze was Felt's first counselor until 1905, when she was released and succeeded by

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. From 1889 to 1906, Freeze was also a member of the general board of the YLMIA. Freeze wrote extensively for LDS Church publications and published works in the ''

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'', the '' Children's Friend'', the '' Women's Exponent'', the ''

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'', and the ''

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''. At a conference of the YLMIA in Box Elder County, Utah Territory, Freeze stated that

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had prophesied that "the time would come that none but the women of the Latter-day Saints would be willing to bear children.""YLMI Conference of Box Elder State"
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'' 2:81 (2 November 1890). Freeze was the mother of two sons and two daughters. She died at

and was buried at the

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State of Utah Death Certificate: Lelia Tuckett Freeze
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