Aurelia Spencer Rogers

Aurelia Spencer Rogers

Aurelia Read Spencer Rogers (October 4, 1834 – August 19, 1922) was the founder of Primary, the children's organization and official auxiliary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Rogers was also a women's rights activist and suffragette.

Read more about Aurelia Spencer Rogers:  Early Life, Marriage and Family, Founding The Primary Association, Suffragette, Death

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