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Belle S. Spafford
9 speeches between 1953 and 1975, mostly as Relief Society. 6,566 words in the transcripts.
Speeches
9
1953–1975
Words
6,566
in the transcripts
Reading grade
12.2
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
5
0.6 per speech
Callings
Relief Society
1 speeches
Leadership record
—
not a General Authority or officer on record
Speeches by year
19531975
Signature phrases
Words and two-word phrases this speaker uses far more than the rest of the corpus, by weighted log-odds. Stop words, names of deity and the ordinary vocabulary of a sermon are excluded.
- women 74
- relief 40
- society 38
- president 62
- saul 9
- duties 9
- samuel 10
- prophet 32
- gospel doctrine 5
- divinely 5
- saint 9
- duty 8
Scriptures cited most
- 1 Samuel2
- Mosiah1
- Matthew1
- Doctrine and Covenants1
Callings when speaking
- Relief Society 1
As given in the bylines: Relief Society General President
Every speech
- 17 Jul 1953Learning to LiveDevotionalaudio only
- 8 Mar 1955International WomenDevotionalaudio only
- 8 Nov 1961Youth’s Responsibility for Purposeful and Influential LivingDevotionalaudio only
- 27 Jun 1967The Divinity within Relief SocietyDevotionalaudio only
- 11 Mar 1969The Qualities Needed for GreatnessDevotionalaudio only
- 3 Mar 1970Woman in Today’s WorldDevotionalaudio only
- 1 Apr 1972Let Every Man Deal HonestlyDevotionalaudio only
- 29 May 1973Latter-day Prophet-Presidents I Have KnownDevotional3,203 w1 ref
- 11 Feb 1975Latter-day Saint Women in Today’s Changing WorldRelief Society General President · Devotional3,363 w4 refs