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=== Early-Utah Period ===

After the Latter Day Saints left Nauvoo, women continued to administer washings and anointings in their homes as well as in temples. The in home rituals were part of a practice of administering to the sick.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Newell |first=Linda King |date=December 1999 |title=A Gift Given: A Gift Taken Washing, Anointing, and Blessing the Sick Among Mormon Women |url=https://sunstone.org/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/115-6-30-43.pdf |journal=[[Sunstone Magazine]] |issue=115 |pages=30-43}}</ref> These washings and anointings were encouraged by church leaders of the time including [[Brigham Young]].<ref name=":0" /> In one instance [[Ezra Taft Benson]] called on women who were ordainedendowed to wash and anoint to get rid of a disease affecting the [[Cache Valley]].<ref name=":0" /> This practice of washing and anointing in the home was curtailed in the 1880s and by the April 1921 [[General Conference (LDS Church)|General Conference]], the consensus was that [[Priesthood blessing|Priesthood blessings]] by Melchizedek Priesthood holders should be sought whenever possible.<ref name=":0" /> In 1946 [[Joseph Fielding Smith]] sent a letter to [[Belle S. Spafford]] saying these washings and anointings were discouraged.<ref name=":0" />

==Administration==