From the background to the foreground

Prioritising those who have been overlooked in history

On the afternoon of 3 August 1901 in Hamburg, Germany, thirty-year-old Margarethe Ehlers was probably putting on the final touches for a reception of Latter-day Saint missionaries and leaders. The ornate room that was being used had been decorated with wooden tables draped in white tablecloths in a horseshoe with foliage hanging from the ceiling. The Ge…