Amy Brown Lyman
| Amy B. Lyman | |
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| 8th Relief Society General President | |
| January 1, 1940 – April 6, 1945 | |
| Called by | Heber J. Grant |
| Predecessor | Louise Y. Robison |
| Successor | Belle S. Spafford |
| End reason | Honorably released upon request |
| First Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency | |
| October 7, 1928 – January 1, 1940 | |
| Called by | Louise Y. Robison |
| Predecessor | Jennie B. Knight |
| Successor | Marcia K. Howells |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Amy Cassandra Brown February 7, 1872 Pleasant Grove, Utah Territory, United States |
| Died | December 5, 1959 (aged 87) Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| Resting place | Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park 40°41′52.08″N 111°50′30.12″W / 40.6978000°N 111.8417000°W |
| Spouse(s) | Richard R. Lyman |
| Children | Wendell Brown and Margaret |
| Parents | John Brown Margaret Zimmerman |
Amy Cassandra 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. Lyman also served a term as a member of the 14th Utah State Legislature from 1923 to 1924.
Amy Cassandra Brown was born in Pleasant Grove, Utah Territory on February 7, 1872, to John Brown and Margaret Zimmerman Brown. John Brown was a polygamist, and Amy Brown was his 23rd of 25 children. He was also a leader of the Mississippi Latter-day Saints.
Amy Brown attended high school at Brigham Young Academy (BYA) from 1888 to 1890. For part of her time at BYA, Brown lived in the home of Karl G. and Anna Meith Maeser. Maeser appointed Brown to head the Primary Department at BYA. Brown worked as a teacher at BYA from 1890 to 1894, and later taught elementary school in Salt Lake City for two years.
At BYA she met Richard Lyman, her future husband who would become an LDS Church apostle in 1918. Brown and Lyman's plans to marry were postponed because the University of Michigan, where Lyman was studying, did not allow married students. After Lyman graduated in 1896, the couple was married in the Salt Lake Temple, and the ceremony was performed by Joseph F. Smith. The couple had two children: Wendell Brown and Margaret.
After their marriage, Richard Lyman was a professor on engineering at the University of Utah. Amy Lyman took classes from the university, including English and history. In 1902, the Lymans went to New York so that Richard could begin his graduate studies at Cornell University. On their way, they went to a summer session at the University of Chicago. While in Chicago, Lyman enrolled in a class on sociology. She became involved in Settlement House programs and associated with Jane Addams. After her husband graduated from Cornell University, the couple returned to Utah.
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