Emma Smith, Woman of Faith and Courage

Emma Smith, wife of the Prophet Joseph, was a courageous woman of faith.  

Of her, Joseph's mother, Lucy Mack Smith, wrote:

"I have never seen a woman in my life, who would endure every species of fatigue and hardship, from month to month, and from year to year, with that unflinching courage, zeal and patience, which she has ever done; for I know that which she has had to endure.  She has been tossed upon the ocean of uncertainty.  She has breasted the storms of persecution and buffeted the rage of men and devils, which would have borne down almost any other woman."