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General Conference speaker · October 2007 to April 2013
Sister Mary N. Cook
First Counselor in the Young Women General Presidency
Sister Mary N. Cook gave 8 General Conference talks from October 2007 to April 2013. The main topics of these talks are Family and Marriage, Testimony and Conversion and Moral Cleanliness and Media. The verse cited most often is 1 Timothy 4:12. Weak Things has 8 sketch notes of these talks.
01 · The timeline
Every conference, April 2000 to October 2026
Each dot is a conference where Sister Cook spoke. Hover for the talk; click to open its sketch note.
02 · Topic fingerprint
What these talks are about
The main topic of each talk, shown as petals. Longer petals mean more talks. Gold petals are topics this speaker chooses at least 1.5 times as often as the average speaker.
- Family and Marriage1 talk4.3× average
- Testimony and Conversion1 talk3.2× average
- Moral Cleanliness and Media1 talk10.8× average
- Trials, Adversity and Healing1 talk3.2× average
- Parenting and Children1 talk4.3× average
- Charity and Love1 talk4.0× average
- Youth1 talk4.1× average
- Temples and Family History1 talk4.3× average
Key phrases from these talks
03 · The measuring stick
How these talks compare with every talk since 2000
The bar is this speaker. The line marks the average across all 1,946 talks.
04 · The scripture shelf
Which scriptures these talks use
Share of all verse citations by volume of scripture, compared with every speaker. Counted once per talk from footnotes and links in the text.
Verses cited most
- 1 Timothy 4:12 3
- Articles of Faith 1:13 3
- Mosiah 18:9 2
- Matthew 25:10 2
- Matthew 25:9 2
- Matthew 25:8 2
- 1 Nephi 1:1 1
- Malachi 3:10 1
- Mosiah 5:15 1
- Alma 32:27 1
The number is how many of these talks cite the verse. Verses with their own page link to every conference talk that cites them.
Books cited most
05 · Signature phrases
Words that sound like Sister Cook
Phrases that appear in these talks far more often than in other speakers' talks. Bigger type means a bigger difference. The number is how many of these talks use the phrase.
06 · Who these talks quote
The voices in the footnotes
Leaders named in the footnotes, outside authors named in the text or footnotes, and the conference speakers whose talks are cited. Each counts talks, not mentions.
07 · Who quotes them
How later talks build on these talks
Footnotes in later talks do not yet link to these talks. Newer talks often take a few conferences to be cited.
Speakers who cite these talks most
None yet.
08 · Kindred voices
Speakers whose talks cover similar ground
Matched by the mix of main and secondary topics. 100 would be an identical mix.
The sketch notes
8 talks, one page each
Hand-drawn sketch notes from Weak Things. Each page links to the full talk on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.
When You Save a Girl, You Save GenerationsApril 2013
Seek Learning: You Have a Work to DoApril 2012
“Remember This: Kindness Begins with Me”April 2011
Be an Example of the BelieversOctober 2010
Never, Never, Never Give Up!April 2010
A Virtuous Life—Step by StepApril 2009
Anchors of TestimonyApril 2008
Strengthen Home and FamilyOctober 2007
For teachers and families: each sketch note has a printable PDF. Browse all Conference Sketch Notes →
Every talk
All 8 talks, newest first
Titles open the Weak Things sketch note. "Read" opens the official talk on ChurchofJesusChrist.org, the source for every number on this page.
| Talk | Conference | Main topic | Words | Footnotes | Cited by | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| When You Save a Girl, You Save Generations | Apr 2013 | Temples and Family History | 1897 | 8 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Seek Learning: You Have a Work to Do | Apr 2012 | Youth | 1779 | 15 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| “Remember This: Kindness Begins with Me” | Apr 2011 | Charity and Love | 1758 | 14 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Be an Example of the Believers | Oct 2010 | Parenting and Children | 1701 | 19 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Never, Never, Never Give Up! | Apr 2010 | Trials, Adversity and Healing | 1921 | 0 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| A Virtuous Life—Step by Step | Apr 2009 | Moral Cleanliness and Media | 1890 | 0 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Anchors of Testimony | Apr 2008 | Testimony and Conversion | 1710 | 12 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Strengthen Home and Family | Oct 2007 | Family and Marriage | 1351 | 0 | 0 | Read ↗ |
Sources and method
Where these numbers come from
- Talk text, footnotes and callings come from the official General Conference pages on ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Every talk above links to its source.
- Coverage is April 2000 through October 2026: 1,946 talks by 381 speakers. Sustainings, audit and statistical reports, and videos are left out.
- Verse counts use scripture links in footnotes and talk text, counted once per talk. "Cited by" counts later talks whose footnotes link to one of these talks.
- Main topics are estimates assigned by a language model from each talk's opening and closing. Signature phrases compare how many of these talks use a phrase with how many other talks do.
- Leaders quoted are found by name in footnotes. Outside authors are found by name in the text and footnotes. Sketch notes are Weak Things study aids, not official Church materials.