Chosen One: Emma Smith Lost More Than Any Prophet's Wife Should Lose — And Remained

Emma Smith buried six children. She was driven from her home multiple times. She lived in poverty. She watched her husband be imprisoned, persecuted, publicly mocked, and ultimately killed. She copied revelations by hand in the early days when she was one of the only people Joseph trusted with the text. She was called an elect lady by God directly. And she remained faithful to what she had seen even when she could not remain faithful to the institution. What Emma gave was not rewarded in ways the world could measure. But what she gave was real and God called it by name.