Lula Greene Richards

Louisa Lula Greene was born in Kanesville, Iowa, to Evan M. Greene (a son of John P. Greene) and Susan Kent. She was born during an outbreak of cholera. Throughout her life, she was a member of the LDS Church. Both of her grandmothers were sisters to LDS Church president Brigham Young. Her family moved to Kanesville in 1846. In 1852, they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, after Young evacuated Kanesville. Greened later lived in Provo, and her family moved to Grantsville in 1859, and they moved again to and Smithfield in 1864. Greene began writing poetry as a young girl and there is evidence that she wrote poetry at age fourteen. From 1868 to 1869, Greene attended a private school in Salt Lake City. When Greene was 18, she and her sister began a small school in Cache County, Utah; however, Greene lacked patience with her students and did not have formal training. In 1869, she returned to school at the University of Deseret in Salt Lake City. ==Career==

In 1869, Greene was the editor of the Smithfield Sunday School Gazette, a small periodical issued to individuals who attended the LDS Church Sunday School in Smithfield for six issues from October to November. In 1873, Greene married Levi Willard Richards, the son of Levi Richards and a nephew of church leader Willard Richards. 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. ''Young Woman's Journal, Children’s Friend, and Relief Society Magazine''. ==Later life==

Her husband, Levi, took a plural wife, Persis Louisa Young, who was Greene's niece. They were married on the eleventh anniversary of Lula and Levi's wedding. Persis stayed at the Richards' household and helped with chores. Levi died in 1914. ==Publications==

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