Born 19 February 1852 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Daughter of Samuel Claridge and Charlotte Joy. Married Alfred McCune, 1 July 1872; nine children. Served on Relief Society general board, 1911–1920. The success of her remarks at the London Conference in 1897 helped persuade church leaders to call women as proselytizing missionaries. Died 1 August 1924 in Salt Lake City.[1]
[1] Utah State Department of Health, Utah Death Certificates, 1904–1951, Death Certificates, 1924, Salt Lake County (Jan.–15 Sept.), 1 Aug. 1924, file no. 1342, microfilm 2259473/DGS 4121331, FamilySearch Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City; “Elizabeth Claridge McCune One of [the] Great Women of the Church,” Church News (Salt Lake City), 13 Mar. 1954, [16]; “I Could Have Gone into Every House,” 24 Aug. 2018, Church History, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, history.ChurchofJesusChrist.org; “Alfred William McCune,” in Orson F. Whitney, History of Utah, vol. 4 (Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon & Sons, 1904), 508; Susa Young Gates, Memorial to Elizabeth Claridge McCune: Missionary, Philanthropist, Architect (Salt Lake City: n.p., 1924), 27.