Zina Presendia Young Williams Card (April 3, 1850 – January 31, 1931) was an American religious leader and women's rights activist.

After moving to a new Mormon settlement at Cardston, Alberta, Canada, she became a major civic and religious leader of the community.

[1] She lived with her mother, twelve of Young's other plural wives, and twenty-nine half-siblings in her father's Lion House.

Education was a priority in the Young family, and Card learned dance, music, and theater at home.

[1] At the Salt Lake Theatre, Card met her first husband, Thomas Child Williams,[5] treasurer of the theater and scribe to her father.

Her new husband married again six months later, and the entire Card family became a target for U.S. federal marshals enforcing anti-polygamy law.

[7] After Williams's death, Card supported herself and her sons by "teaching people how to make wax flowers",[1] as well as producing silk from scratch.

[8]As the "Dean of Women" of BYA, Card was assigned by LDS Church president John Taylor to attend the 1879 convention of the National Woman Suffrage Association shortly after Reynolds v. United States ruled that the first amendment did not protect the practice of polygamy.

[1] While in Washington, Card met Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton,[3] and President Rutherford B. Hayes.

[9][1] As the "first lady" of the first Latter-day Saint settlement in Canada, Card mingled with Canadian politicians, journalists, and merchants, often entertaining them in her own home.

[7] She participated in Cardston's business matters, namely the establishment of a sawmill, creamery, cheese factory, and general store.

[11] Together, the Cards traveled to neighboring settlements and delivered speeches; Zina was often deemed "the stronger orator".

[1] In this role, she wrote what she believed to be the job of a matron; she felt that worldly knowledge was inadequate without spiritual understanding.

[5]In 1887, Card moved to Canada when her husband, Charles, was tasked with establishing a Latter-day Saint colony to the north.

Though she was nervous to leave behind her aging mother, she left with a group of people from Cache Valley, travelling via wagons.

The death of Card's 8-year-old son, Thomas E. Williams, on April 21, 1881, was soon followed by a broken year-long engagement between her and an unknown man.

[10] Through her writing it is apparent that she felt plural marriage a respectable and divinely-inspired institution, and she saw defending it as the duty of women.

[14] Like her mother, Brown valued education; she studied elocution and domestic science at Brigham Young College in Logan.

[17]: 431  While Hugh was stationed in France during World War I, Brown managed his finances and survived the 1918 flu epidemic along with all of her children.

[18]: 424  At the age of 48, Brown was called to serve in the British mission alongside her husband,[19] but fled England at the onset of World War II.

Zina accompanied him in his travels around the world, including to destinations such as South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, and Fiji, and was often asked to speak at conferences and events.

Most of the LDS general authorities attended her funeral, and the First Presidency—Marion G. Romney, N. Eldon Tanner, and Spencer W. Kimball—spoke highly of her life.

[15]: 479 "When Zina Young Card ... died the last day of January, 1931, in Salt Lake City, there passed from this world a woman whose memory will never fade nor dim before the light of other names so long as Cardston remains to testify of her worth.

[21] She held multiple leadership positions within the LDS Church, constantly travelling and speaking with varieties of people.

Her other efforts as a public servant included promoting the performing arts, midwifery, strengthening family units, and developing industries, such as farming, livestock, mills, and factories.

[10] She and Charles Card were "honored" by the people they led multiple times, celebrating their achievements within the community.

[22] It is sometimes called "Mother Canton's Flannel Place," a reference to the material Zina Card made and used as wallpaper in her cabin.

[10]: 483 Alberta's population of Latter-day Saint settlers reached 10,000 in 1911,[23] and approximately 82,000 members of the LDS Church live in the region as of 2020.