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Commentary: She held no office. She was never sustained. But for 35 years, she was the most powerful LDS woman.

Meet Clare Middlemiss, the devoted, driven and divisive secretary to President David O. McKay.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) Then-church President David O. McKay, right, outside Buckingham Palace in London with his family and secretary Clare Middlemiss, left, during a Mormon Tabernacle Choir tour of Europe in August 1955.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) Then-church President David O. McKay, right, outside Buckingham Palace in London with his family and secretary Clare Middlemiss, left, during a Mormon Tabernacle Choir tour of Europe in August 1955.

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