Brent Rogers (Vienna Jaques bio), 4/23/25
EVENING WITH THE AUTHOR
We are pleased to announce that Brent Rogers will be here to speak about The Lord Spoke Her Name: The Remarkable Story of Vienna Jaques in the Restoration (published by Deseret Book) on Wednesday, April 23. He will be here from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., will speak at 6:00, and answer questions and sign books before and after that time. We hope you will be able to make it that night but, if not, we can mail a signed copy or hold one here at the store for pick-up. To RSVP on Facebook, click here.
Church history is full of familiar names and powerful stories—like those from Joseph and Emma Smith. But there are many other important and inspiring stories worth knowing, attached to names we might not recognize.
Vienna Jaques is one such person. The only woman mentioned by name in the Doctrine and Covenants besides Emma Smith, Vienna lived a simple yet extraordinary life. From her conversion in Boston to her role in the first baptisms for the dead and on into the settlement of Salt Lake City, Vienna played an important part in the growth of the Church during the nineteenth century witnessing many significant moments in church history. Historian Brent M. Rogers shows through meticulous research Vienna’s journey as a single woman within the early Church, detailing the unsung life of this little-known but remarkable woman.
The Lord Spoke Her Name: The Remarkable Story of Vienna Jaques in the Restoration. Deseret Book. 197 pp. Hardback. $23.99. To purchase online, click here.
Brent M. Rogers is a historian for the Church History Department, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and was the managing historian for the Joseph Smith Papers Project. He is the author of numerous articles, author of Buffalo Bill and the Mormons and an editor of the Brigham Young journals.
Also by Brent Rogers
Buffalo Bill and the Mormons. Bison Books. Paperback. $29.99
The Brigham Young Journals, Volume 1: April 1832–February 1846. RSC and BYU Press in cooperation with Brigham Young Center Foundation and Deseret Book. Hardback. $34.99
Joseph Smith and his First Vision (Church History Symposium). RSC/Deseret Book. Hardback. $27.99
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