''The Contributor'' was an independent publication associated with

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Christianity, Christian church that considers itself to be the Restorationism, restoration of the ...

(LDS Church) between 1879 and 1896. It was a monthly periodical and sought to represent the Young Men's and

Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association The Young Women (often referred to as Young Women's or Young Woman's) is a youth organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The purpose of the Young Women organization is to help each young woman "be worthy to ma ...

s (YMMIA and YLMIA respectively), the youth organizations of the LDS Church at the time. It was founded by

Junius F. Wells Junius Free Wells (June 1, 1854 – April 15, 1930) was the first head of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association, an organization which is today the Young Men organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He ...

, the inaugural head of the YMMIA. Abraham H. Cannon became editor when the magazine was purchased by the Cannon Publishing Company in 1892. With the death of Cannon in July 1896, ''The Contributor'' ceased publication a few months later and was not immediately replaced. The ''

Young Woman's Journal ''The Young Woman's Journal'' was an official publication of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) for the Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association (YLMIA), then the LDS Church's organization for adolescent females. Hi ...

'' had begun publication in 1889 and it replaced ''The Contributor'' for the YLMIA in all but name. However, to provide an official replacement for ''The Contributor'' that would cater to both young men and young women, the YMMIA and the YLMIA began publication of the ''

Improvement Era The ''Improvement Era'' (often shortened to ''The Era'') was an official magazine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) between 1897 and 1970. History The ''Improvement Era'' was first published in 1897 as a replacement t ...

'' in 1897.

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