Emma Louise Batchelor Lee French (April 21, 1836 - November 16, 1897), better known as Emma Lee French, was a British woman who travelled to Utah and Arizona, in the United States, where she became well known as a care taker of the sick. April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... State nickname: Beehive State Other U.S. States Capital Salt Lake City Largest city Salt Lake City Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. ... State nickname: The Grand Canyon State, The Copper State Other U.S. States Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Governor Janet Napolitano Official languages English Only State Area 295,254 km² (6th)  - Land 294,312 km²  - Water 942 km² (0. ...

Born in Uckfield, Sussex, England, she became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Mormon during her early 20s. In 1857, she sailed off Liverpool with a group of Mormons. Just like in Olive Oates' case, she went searching for an imaginary country, this one named "Zion". Location within the British Isles. ... Sussex as a traditional county. ... The temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located in Salt Lake City, Utah is the largest attraction in the citys Temple Square. ... The term Mormon is a colloquial name referring to Latter Day Saints, derived in the 1830s from the Book of Mormon, one of their scriptures, whose compiler was named Mormon. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Liverpools skyline, as seen from the River Mersey. ... Olive Oatman (1838-1903) was a woman from Illinois famous for her abduction and forced slavery by the Yavapai. ... Zion or Tzion (צִיּוֹן Height, Standard Hebrew Ẓiyyon, Tiberian Hebrew Ṣiyyôn; Arabic صهيون Ṣuhyūn) originally was the specific name given to a Jebusite fortress near modern-day Jerusalem that was conquered by David. ...

Emma Lee arrived at the Eastern coast of the United States, then headed to Iowa, where she grabbed a cart filled with goods given by her church and headed to Salt Lake City, Utah. She pulled the cart herself for the entire 1,400 mile walk. State nickname: The Hawkeye State Other U.S. States Capital Des Moines Largest city Des Moines Governor Thomas Vilsack (D) Official languages English Area 145,743 km² (26th)  - Land 144,701 km²  - Water 1,042 km² (0. ... Aerial view of Temple Square of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. ...

She joined a company of her church's members for that trip, of which 150 died during snowstorms. Many others suffered other illness, such as frozen feet, noses and other diseases. Emma Lee helped care for them, eventually leading to most of them having a full recovery. During the trip, she also served as midwife to a pregnant woman, carrying her in the cart as the woman was close to delivering. A fresh snowfall in Colorados (USA) high forests. ...

In Salt Lake City, she met John Doyle Lee, a prominant man among Mormon church members. Brigham Young himself married the couple on January 7 of 1858. John D. Lee (September 12, 1812 - March 23, 1877) was a prominent, early Latter-day Saint (LDS or Mormon) and central figure in the Mountain Meadows Massacre. ... Brigham Young (June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) was the second prophet and president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church; see also Mormonism). ... January 7 is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ...

John Doyle Lee is said to have participated in a massacre of California immigrants (see: Mountain Meadows Massacre) that left 140 people dead. For this, John and Emma Lee were followed by federal marshals for about twenty years. In 1868, George Hicks, a prominent columnist from Harmony, Utah, wrote in a local newspaper that the Lees had to leave town in ten days or John would be hung. An atrocity (from the Latin atrox, atrocious, from Latin ater = matte black (as distinct from niger = shiny black)) is a term used to describe crimes ranging from an act committed against a single person to one committed against a population or ethnic group. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... The Mountain Meadows Massacre occurred on Friday, September 11, 1857 in Mountain Meadows, Utah, several miles south of Enterprise in Washington County along the Spanish Trail to Santa Fe. ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Emma then spoke personally with George Hicks, warning him not to keep making threats against her and her husband. Hicks relented, never speaking against the Lees on his column again. He did, however, complain about the Lees to the town's bishop, who proposed that Hicks and Lee should be baptized together. Emma Lee agreed, but not without complaining; she told the bishop she'd do it "seeing that (the bishop) are so inconsiderate as to require a woman to be immersed when the water is full of snow and that too for defending the rights of her husband". She continued on, saying: "Perhaps if (the bishop's) backside gets wet in ice water (he) will be more careful how (he) decide again". Impressed by her speech, the bishop then agreed not to go on with the baptism. A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority. ... Water (from the Old English word wæter and the German word Wasser) is a colorless, tasteless, and odorless substance in its pure form that is essential to all known forms of life and is known also as the most universal solvent. ... Baptism is a water purification ritual practiced in certain religions such as Christianity, Mandaeanism, Sikhism, and some historic sects of Judaism. ...

In 1870, the Mormon church excommunicated John Doyle Lee, based on the suspicions that the federals had put on him. He was, however, still ordered to carry out important tasks for the Mormons, and, in 1871, he was sent to the Colorado river, near the border between Arizona and Utah, to establish a ferry service. 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Colorado River can refer to one of the following rivers: The Colorado River in the western United States and Mexico that passes through the Grand Canyon. ... A boat is a watercraft, usually smaller than most ships. ...

Many celebrities of the era stopped by the Lees new home, including John Wesley Powell, a general who became the first man to explore the Grand Canyon by way of the Colorado river. In 1872, Wesley Powell and a group of adventurers returned; their photographer, the famed James Fennesmore, became ill and he was cured by Emma Lee. John Wesley Powell (March 24, 1834 - September 23, 1902) was a American western explorer. ... Grand Cañon at the foot of the Toroweap - looking east, by William Henry Holmes The Grand Canyon is a colorful, steep-sided gorge, carved by the Colorado River, in northern Arizona. ... 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Because, under Mormon doctrine, John Doyle Lee was allowed to have multiple wifes, he had to travel much of the time, to attend to his other wifes and children. As a consequence, Emma Lee was left to attend both the ferry and her children.

In 1873, a settlement of Navajos came to camp near the Lee home. Fearful for her children's fate, she decided to befriend the Navajos, and discovered that the tribe's chief was a friend of her husband's. They spent one night at the Navajo camp, after which the Indians left. The Navajo chief would later confide to another Mormon that he thought Emma Lee was a brave woman. 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The term Navajo (occasionally spelled Navaho) or Diné refers to the Navajo Nation and its people, and to the Navajo language. ...

Later that year, Emma Lee gave birth to her sixth baby. With John Doyle gone, she had to ask the oldest person besides her at the Lee house, her son John Jr., to help her cut the umbilical cord. They did this task to perfection, and a daughter was safely born. Newborn at 45 seconds. ...

John Doyle Lee was caught by the police, and shot to death by a firing squad on March 23, 1877. With small children and economically in need, Emma Lee sold the ferry to the Mormon church for 100 milk cows in 1879. She was helped by a civil war veteran, Franklin French. It is said, however, that the Mormons gave her only fourteen cows. In Western culture, skeletons are often the symbol of death. ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A glass of cows milk Milk most often means the nutrient fluid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals. ... Look up Cow in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Cow may refer to: Female dairy cattle, other bovines, or other large mammals including elephants and whales. ... 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... A civil war is a war in which the competing parties are segments of the same country or empire. ...

On August 9 of that year, Emma Lee and French married, in Snowflake, Arizona. They found a home near Holbrook, Arizona. They next moved to the White Mountains, but their home was burned by the Apaches in 1882. August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... Snowflake is a town located in Navajo County, Arizona. ... Holbrook (Navajo Tʼiisyaakin) is a city located in Navajo County, Arizona. ... This article is about the White Mountains of New Hampshire. ... A large bonfire Fire is a form of combustion. ... Group of Apaches Apache is the collective name given to several culturally related tribes of Native Americans, aboriginal inhabitants of North America, who speak an Southern Athabaskan language. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Emma Lee set up a restaurant near the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad stopovers. Toms Diner, a restaurant in New York familiarized by Suzanne Vega and the television sitcom Seinfeld A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to be consumed on the premises. ...

Although she had no official medicine title, people called her Dr. French, because of her ability to cure the ill. In 1887, she moved to Winslow, where she helped multiple women, including Navajos and prostitutes, give birth. NLM (National Library of Medicine, contains resources for patients and healthcare professionals) Virtual Hospital (digital health sciences library by the University of Iowa) Online Medical Dictionary Collection of links to free medical resources Wikicities has a wiki about medicine: Medicine Categories: Medicine | Health ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... Winslow (Navajo Béésh Sinil or Béésinil) is a city located in Navajo County, Arizona. ... Prostitution is the sale of sexual services, such as oral sex or sexual intercourse, for money. ...

In 1888, her daughter, Victoria Lee, committed suicide. In 1892, her son Ike confronted a man who was trying to seduce his wife and was murdered by the man. 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of wilfully ending ones own life; it is sometimes a noun for one who has committed or attempted the act. ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

On November of 1897, as her husband was on an expedition, she had a premonition of her own death. When French returned on November 16, she suffered a heart attack. A crowd of businessmen, Navajos and prostitutes kept vigil outside her home as she lay in bed dying that night. A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ...

External link

• Page about her on the website of one of her descendants