Edited to add the following: If you went to Women’s Conference, please consider sharing your thoughts and experience in a comment below, or submit a First Person essay about what inspired you from the conference.

I Love to See the Temple: Temple Worship in Our Life
Carol Hillam (4/30/2009)

I Love to See the Temple: Temple Worship in Our Life
Elaine S. Dalton (4/30/2009)

I Can Do All Things through Christ Which Strengtheneth Me: Facing Challenges in the Strength of the Lord
Jana P. Staples (4/30/2009)

I Can Do All Things through Christ Which Strengtheneth Me: Facing Challenges in the Strength of the Lord
Cheryl C. Lant (4/30/2009)

You’ve Seen Our Sacrifice; Come After Us: Examples of Strength from Kirtland, Missouri, Winter Quarters, and Our Own Day
Kathy S. Andersen (4/30/2009)

You’ve Seen Our Sacrifice; Come After Us: Examples of Strength from Kirtland, Missouri, Winter Quarters, and Our Own Day
Ann M. Dibb (4/30/2009)

In the Strength of the Lord
Sandra Rogers (4/30/2009)

Nourishing and Protecting Home and Family
Julie B. Beck (5/1/2009)

With All the Feeling of a Tender Parent: Parenting Lessons from the Book of Mormon
Sharon Samuelson (5/1/2009)

With All the Feeling of a Tender Parent: Parenting Lessons from the Book of Mormon
Cecil O. Samuelson (5/1/2009)

True, Enduring Happiness: Centering Our Lives on Christ
Bonnie S. Hammond (5/1/2009)

True, Enduring Happiness: Centering Our Lives on Christ
F. Melvin Hammond (5/1/2009)

Stand in Awe, . . . and Be Still: Spiritual Receptiveness
Susan Jones (5/1/2009)

Stand in Awe, . . . and Be Still: Spiritual Receptiveness
Barbara Thompson (5/1/2009)

For the Strength of the Lord: The Image of the Church
L. Tom Perry (5/1/2009)

For the Strength of the Lord: The Image of the Church
Barbara D. Perry (5/1/2009)

Spiritual Strength in Challenging Times
Camille Fronk Olson (5/1/2009)

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We just found an enjoyable Mormon Times article that tells a little of the history of Women’s Conference. The Conference began in 1976, and was entitled “The LDS Woman: Potentialities and Promises.” Belle S. Spafford, who gave the opening address for the conference, predicted that it would someday be an event that would fill the Marriott Center. She wasn’t far off.

The first conference that year had about 900 participants; now around 20,000 women gather to listen, learn, serve, and strengthen one another. Sister Ardeth G. Kapp, former General Young Women’s President, who was involved in the early years, is quoted saying that BYU Women’s Conference “has become kind of a gathering place.”

For the many of us around the world who were not able to attend physically, we can gather virtually on May 14 and 15 to hear rebroadcasts of some of the addresses from the 2009 Women’s Conference. They will be available on May 14 and 15. More information can be found here.

And don’t forget that sharing station information and transcripts will be available on the official Women’s Conference website in the coming weeks. (While you are waiting, consider enjoying content from past years!)

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