Susan Winder Tanner (born January 10, 1953) was the twelfth Young Women general president of

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(LDS Church) from 2002 to 2008. Born in Granger, Utah, to Richard W. Winder and Barbara Woodhead, Tanner grew up on the Winder family homestead at

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. She earned a degree in humanities from

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. Tanner married John S. Tanner in the

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in 1974. They are the parents of five children. She is a great-great granddaughter of church leader

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LDS Church service

Tanner was called by LDS Church

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Gordon B. Hinckley as the Young Women General President on October 5, 2002, succeeding Margaret D. Nadauld. As president of the Young Women, Tanner was an

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member of the church's Boards of Trustees/Education. From 2002 to 2007, Tanner's counselors in the Young Women general presidency were Julie B. Beck and Elaine S. Dalton. In 2007, Beck was called as the general president of the

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; as a result, from 2007 to 2008, Dalton served as Tanner's first counselor, with

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as her second counselor. In 2008, Tanner was succeeded as president of the Young Women by Dalton. After she was released as Young Women president and at the request of the church, Tanner wrote ''Daughters in My Kingdom'' (2011), a book about the history of the Relief Society published by the LDS Church and distributed to adult women members. From 2011 to 2014, Tanner served with her husband, while he was

of the church's Brazil

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South

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. The Tanners lived in Laie, Hawaii from 2015 to 2020 while her husband served as the 10th president of Brigham Young University-Hawaii.

References

External links

"Susan Winder Tanner Young Women General President"
'' Liahona'', November 2002.
"Timeline of Young Women General Presidents"
churchofjesuschrist.org. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tanner, Susan W. Living people 1953 births American leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Brigham Young University alumni General presidents of the Young Women (organization) People from Provo, Utah People from West Valley City, Utah Female Mormon missionaries 21st-century Mormon missionaries American Mormon missionaries in Brazil Mission presidents (LDS Church) Tanner family Latter Day Saints from Utah