Chieko N. Okazaki

Chieko Nishimura Okazaki was an American writer, educator, and religious leader. She served as first counselor to Elaine L. Jack in the Relief Society general presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1990 to 1997

“There Is Always a Struggle”: An Interview with Chieko N. Okazaki

Articles/Essays – Volume 45, No. 1

Chieko Okazaki: In my meetings with the young women or with the Relief Society women, I’m often really surprised that they do not feel that they can function as women in the Church—not all of them, of course, but many of those who come to me and talk to me. I just keep wondering, “How did they get to that point of feeling like they were not worth anything in the Church?”

Greg Prince: Did you feel that way when you were younger?