Amy B. Lyman

Amy Brown Lyman (February 7, 1872 – December 5, 1959) was the eighth general president of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1940 to 1945.

Born in Pleasant Grove, Utah Territory, Amy Brown was the 23rd of 25 children born to her polygamist father.

Lyman founded and headed the LDS Church's social welfare department for 16 years. She also served a term as a member of the Utah House of Representatives. Prior to the Second World War, Lyman accompanied her husband, Richard R. Lyman, to England where he presided over the European Mission of the church.

From 1928 to 1939, Lyman was the first counselor to president Louise Y. Robison in the Relief Society general presidency. In 1940, Lyman succeeded Robison as president. Lyman served until 1945, when she requested to be released due to her marital problems resulting from her huband's infidelity. Lyman was succeeded by her own second counselor, Belle S. Spafford.

Lyman's husband Richard was an apostle of the LDS Church. In 1943, while she was serving as Relief Society president, Richard was excommunicated for cohabiting with another woman. Richard Lyman is the last apostle to have been excommunicated from the church.

ee also

*LDS Family Services

References

*Amy Brown Lyman (1945). "In Retrospect: Autobiography of Amy Brown Lyman" (Salt Lake City: General Board of Relief Society).
*Nola Redd, [http://lds.families.com/blog/relief-society-presidents-amy-brown-lyman Relief Society Presidents: Amy Brown Lyman]