Kate Montgomery Barker was a counselor in the general presidency of the Relief Society

Relief Society

The Relief Society is a philanthropic and educational women's organization and an official auxiliary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . It was founded in 1842 in Nauvoo, Illinois, USA and has approximately 6 million members in over 170 countries and territories...

 of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1935 to 1939.

Born Kate Montgomery in North Ogden

North Ogden, Utah

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, Utah Territory

Utah Territory

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, she married James L. Barker

James L. Barker

James Louis Barker was an American historian and a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .-Early life:...

 in 1906. Prior to her call to the Relief Society general presidency, she had served for six years as a member of the Relief Society general board. She was the second counselor to president Louise Y. Robison

Louise Y. Robison

Louise Yates Robison was the seventh general president of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1928 to 1939....

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After her service as a member of the Relief Society general presidency, Barker served with her husband when he was president

Mission president

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 of the Argentine

Argentina

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 Mission

Mission (LDS Church)

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 and then the French

France

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 Mission of the church.

Sources

• 2008 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News
  Deseret Morning News
  The Deseret News is a newspaper published in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is Utah's oldest continuously published daily newspaper. It has the second largest daily circulation in the state behind The Salt Lake Tribune. The Deseret News is owned by Deseret News Publishing Company, a subsidiary of...
  
  , 2007) p. 129
• Jenson, Andrew
  Andrew Jenson
  Andrew Jenson, born Anders Jensen, was a Danish immigrant to the United States who acted as an Assistant Church Historian of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for much of the early-twentieth century...
  
  . LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, vol. 4, p. 179