Lula Greene Richards

Louisa Lula Greene Richards (April 8, 1849 – September 9, 1944)[1] was a poet and was the first female periodical editor in Utah Territory.

[2] In 1852, they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, after Young evacuated Kanesville.

Sloan agreed, and her poem "Tired Out" was published on the front page of the Daily Herald.

[2] Sloan soon contacted Greene in 1872 and asked her if she would be interested in being the editor of a newspaper for Latter-day Saint women called Woman's Exponent.

[1] In 1872, Women's Exponent began publication in Salt Lake City with Greene as editor.

Levi served in many positions in the LDS Church, including as a member of the general board of the Sunday School and as a patriarch.

[4][2] In 1883, Louisa Richards became an editor with the Juvenile Instructor, an LDS periodical edited by George Q. Cannon.

[8] Her husband, Levi, took a plural wife, Persis Louisa Young, who was Greene's niece.

She was also called by the church to be a member of the General Board of the Primary, a position she held for twenty-five years.