Barbara Ann Woodhead Winder (born May 9, 1931) was the eleventh general president of the Relief Society

Relief Society

The Relief Society is a philanthropic and educational women's organization and an official auxiliary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . It was founded in 1842 in Nauvoo, Illinois, USA and has approximately 6 million members in over 170 countries and territories...

 of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1984 to 1990.

Barabara Woodhead was raised in East Millcreek, Utah

East Millcreek, Utah

East Millcreek was a census-designated place in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, that has since been consolidated with neighboring Millcreek CDP. The population was 21,385 at the 2000 census, a minute increase over the 1990 figure of 21,184. It was originally proposed to be included in the...

. She attended several years at the University of Utah

University of Utah

The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...

 before marrying Richard W. Winder

Richard W. Winder

Richard W. Winder has been a mid-level leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for much of the last few decades.Winder was born in Salt Lake City, Utah....

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In 1982, Winder accompanied her husband to California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, where he presided

Mission president

Mission president is a priesthood leadership position in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . A mission president presides over a mission and the missionaries serving in the mission...

 over the California San Diego Mission

Mission (LDS Church)

A mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a geographical administrative area to which church missionaries are assigned. Almost all areas of the world are within the boundaries of an LDS Church mission, whether or not Mormon missionaries live or proselytize in the area...

 of the church. At the April 1984 church general conference, Winder was accepted

Common consent

Common consent is a democratic principle established by the Latter Day Saint movement's founder, Joseph Smith, Jr., who taught in 1830 that "all things must be done in order, and by common consent in the church, by the prayer of faith." As it is most frequently used by the Church of Jesus Christ of...

 by the church as the president of the Relief Society

Relief Society

The Relief Society is a philanthropic and educational women's organization and an official auxiliary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . It was founded in 1842 in Nauvoo, Illinois, USA and has approximately 6 million members in over 170 countries and territories...

, with Joy F. Evans

Joy F. Evans

Beverly Joy Frewin Evans was a leader in the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . From 1984 to 1990, she was the first counselor to Barbara W. Winder, the president of the Relief Society....

 and Joanne B. Doxey as her counselors. Winder succeeded Barbara B. Smith

Barbara B. Smith

Barbara Bradshaw Smith was the tenth general president of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1974 to 1984. She was the first Relief Society president to have been born in the 20th century.A native of Salt Lake City, Utah, Smith graduated from South High...

, who had been Relief Society president since 1974. In April 1990, Winder was released and she accompanied her husband to Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

 where he was president of the Czechoslovakia Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

 Mission of the church. Winder was succeeded by Elaine L. Jack

Elaine L. Jack

Elaine Low Jack was the twelfth general president of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1990 to 1997. She also served in the general presidency of the church's Young Women Organization between 1987 and 1990...

. Winder also served as the first matron of the Nauvoo Illinois Temple

Nauvoo Illinois Temple

The Nauvoo Illinois Temple is the 113th dedicated temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is the third such temple that has been built in Illinois ....

 starting in 2002.

Winder and her husband are the parents of four children. One of these children is Susan W. Tanner

Susan W. Tanner

Susan Winder Tanner was the twelfth general president of the Young Women organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2002 until April 2008.-Biography:...

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