A Few of the Eminent Women of Utah and Wyoming
The Pioneer Women of Utah
By Mrs. Amy Brown Lyman
(General Secretary, National Woman's Relief Society)
Utah's Seagull Monument was erected in memory of the gulls, which in early days saved the first crops from destruction by omnivorous western crickets. It portrays in a group of pioneer figures at its base, the pioneer woman. This woman, the inspiration of the group in which she is placed, stands erect beside the man, who, with drooping head and relaxed muscles, is plainly disheartened. The children are listless and weary; but the woman, with head up and muscles tense, is plainly dominated by mother-love and by the basic instincts of life and race preservation. She alone shows indomitable courage and determination. This woman is typical of those Western pioneer women, who arm in arm with the men, helped to blaze the trails across the great American Desert and to found an empire in the West.
In the founding and development of Utah, women bore a prominent part in welfare work and in every endeavor. In the poverty of early days, when isolated people were threatened with famine, the women endured privations with fortitude and with every ounce of their strength worked and fought for the fundamentals—shelter, food and clothing. When necessary, they aided in the construction of their homes and the raising of crops. They spun, wove, produced their clothing and reared large families.
The State was founded by "Mormon" pioneers. Later other groups of women were similarly active in all phases of educational and welfare work. The pioneer women of Utah had a close-knit and effective organization, the Relief Society. Founded in 1842, five years before the trek across the plains, it is still a vigorous and active society, with a present membership of 61,820. Organized primarily for philanthropic and charitable purposes, this society has been a private outdoor relief agency from the beginning, functioning in every town and hamlet in Utah; it has also been a prime factor in every movement for the benefit of humanity.
The pioneers of Utah had to establish their own schools, create their own amusements and inaugurate their own health programs. Under the leadership of Brigham Young, they lost no time in providing the elements which make for normal living. In educational and recreational fields, and in health and charity work, Utah women have been active. Some of the most able teachers and writers in the State have been women, and some of the most famous actresses in the country began their careers in the famed Salt Lake Theatre.
Among this people the men and women of attainment always stood out as leaders. In early days an English nurse and her husband, a physician, gave lectures to the women on health and home nursing. Several Utah women, graduates from Eastern medical schools, were practicing medicine in the second generation of pioneers. In 1882, an institution known as the Desert Hospital was established by the women and was the forerunner of the Utah hospitals of today. This early insight created interest in public health and sanitation, in pure water supply and in other preventive health measures.
A unique movement of pioneer days was a seri-culture project established by the women of the Relief Society. It included the planting of mulberry trees, the growing of cocoons and the manufacture of raw silk into cloth. For many years the industry was successful, the raw material winning prizes at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893. Susan B. Anthony wore, with much pride, a dress made of Utah silk, presented by the women of the Relief Society. There were three silk factories in the State, and hundreds of yards of silk cloth and ribbon were manufactured.
To facilitate the exchange of domestic commodities in the primitive, isolated Western life, where money and manufactured merchandise were scarce, women throughout the State conducted cooperative stores. At these they exchanged the products of their labors, their handiwork and also household articles, with a view of mutual helpfulness in meeting the pioneer problems.
To promote and develop their work more effectively these women raised funds and erected halls where their weekly meetings and socials were held. Here they would gather to sew, knit, remodel clothing, prepare burial clothing and make quilts and carpets. These articles were either sold for the benefit of the treasury, or were given to those in need. Unique Relief Society halls, several costing as much as $5,000, were to be found in many of the communities—monuments to the industry and enterprise of pioneer women.
In 1875, President Brigham Young, realizing the importance of an adequate food supply for his isolated people in far-away Utah, instituted a grain-saving movement. Entire crops had several times been destroyed by the elements or by grasshoppers and other insects. Cut off from the rest of the country, the people must prepare for emergencies. As the early settlers were in constant fear of famine, the mission of saving and storing grain was given to the women of the Relief Society. From the time the movement was inaugurated, in 1875, until the World War, nearly fifty years later, the organization had constantly on hand a large supply of wheat and a substantial wheat fund.
On various occasions when great disasters have occurred, the Relief Society has contributed wheat and flour. A notable example was the contribution of several carloads of flour sent to San Francisco at the time of the earthquake and fire. At the time of the World War, the Relief Society had on hand 100,000 bushels of wheat, which was turned over to the Food Administration.
In addition to L. D. S. Relief Society women who have functioned throughout the State, there have been other able groups of church and club women who have carried on activities in the larger centers. As a result of their vision and labor, some forward-looking welfare institutions have been established in the State, such as the Orphan's Home and Day Nursery, the Neighborhood House, a home for the aged, and the Children's Aid Society.
The women of Utah were early interested in suffrage and intermittently had the franchise, even in territorial days. When Utah received statehood in 1896, the Constitution permanently bestowed upon them the power to vote. Because of their political privileges, Utah women became active participators and conspicuous figures in the National Woman Suffrage Movement. To support this great cause they sent delegates regularly to the National Suffrage Conventions. The first woman State Senator in the United States was a Utah woman, who served in 1897. At the same session of the legislature another Utah woman sat in the House. Since this time women have regularly been elected to the legislature.
The spirit of the Utah pioneer woman is the heritage and inspiration of the Utah woman of today, who, sheltered, protected and free from actual hardships, is yet imbued with the same spirit of progress and development. She is still pioneering, but in newer and different fields, in modern education and in humanitarian movements.
Art in Utah in Pioneer Days
By Alice Louise Reynolds
(Professor of English Literature, Brigham Young University)
Art culture in Utah had its foundation in early days. In the heart of a desert one does not expect to find interest in drama; yet five years after the pioneers entered Utah in 1847, they were building a "little theatre," thereafter to be known as the Social Hall. At the front entrance of the building was a bust of Shakespeare. Dedicated January 1, 1853, for nearly ten years, high class drama was presented in this building. Later it was supplanted by the Salt Lake Theatre, which was first opened to the public on March 6, 1862. In the early years of the Salt Lake Theatre, Thomas A. Lyne, George Pauncefort and Julia Dean Hayne appeared in leading roles, often of Shakespeare. They were assisted by local talent formed into stock companies. It was during this early period that Maude Adams was taken from her cradle and carried on to the stage.
The great organ built by Mr. Joseph H. Ridges in the early sixties made possible a culture in music that could not have existed without it. The auditorium of the Salt Lake Tabernacle, with its wonderful acoustic properties, magnifying, as it does, the tones of the organ, has much to do with the effectiveness of the instrument. Adelina Patti is quoted as saying: "Never have I encountered such perfect resonance as here in the Tabernacle. Why, my voice is twice as large here. It carried further and with ever so much more tone than any other hall I have ever sung in."
One of the leaders of the Tabernacle choir of the sixties, was Professor George Careless, a man who had played first violin in Sir Michael Costa's orchestra in London. He was himself a composer and knew good music. It was while Professor Careless was in charge of the Tabernacle choir, in the late sixties and seventies, that the Deseret News noted the following compositions sung at a church conference, "Sanctus," "The Earth is the Lord's," "How Beautiful Upon the Mountains," "Jerusalem, My Glorious Home." Professor Careless was leader of the theatre orchestra for twelve years at two periods of six years each. He produced the first oratorio in 1875 and for fourteen years, was leader of the Tabernacle choir.
In the late seventies Professor A. C. Smyth, teacher of music in the Salt Lake City schools, produced several of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. Perhaps the most famous quartet that was ever assembled in the state, was the Boshard and Pyne Brothers quartet, of Provo. It brought together four voices that blended and made an unusually well-balanced quartet that remained together for forty years.
The state has produced a commendable number of painters, many of whom were compelled, in pioneer days, to combine with their art the practical affairs of life. Notable among them was the pioneer painter, George M. Ottinger, who was at one time chief of the fire department of Salt Lake City. He painted, in addition to home paintings, scenery and a curtain for the Salt Lake Theatre. W. C. Morris, who did much of the decorating and scene painting for the Salt Lake Theatre, was a practical decorator; while among the first of our pioneer landscape painters were J. B. Fairbanks and John Hafen, who represent a class who were compelled to farm and who could paint only at odd moments.
The outstanding sculptor of the state, Cyrus E. Dallin of Springville, had his career shaped largely by his pioneer environment. He is noted for his Indian pieces, such as "The Medicine Man," "The Appeal to the Great Spirit," "Massasoit," and "The Scout." We have his own word for it that he became interested in the Indians through seeing them in his native town. He says he saw them in their colorful blankets and knew they possessed an art that the white man in his impoverished pioneer surroundings, did not possess. Mr. Dallin says that as he studied the red man in his councils with the whites, making treaties of peace, he beheld in him a majesty of soul that he has devoted his life to portraying and perpetuating through the sculptor's art.
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ADAMS, Corinne Damen (Mrs. W. F.), born in Utah, November 21, 1875, daughter of William Cutler and Amelia Christina Bailey Damon. Married to William Frederick Adams. Children: Muriel (deceased), Damon Richard (deceased). Artist. Graduate, A. B., College of Pacific. Member of State Art Commission. Former president, Utah Federation of Woman's Clubs; for 4 years president Salt Lake City Federation of Women's Clubs. For five years chairman of City Americanization work (women's). Member: Ladies Literary Club (former president), Saturday Night Club. Home: 239E South Temple St., Salt Lake City, Utah.
ALLEN, Inez Knight (Mrs. R. E.), born September 8, 1876, in Payson, Utah, daughter of Jesse and Amanda McEwan Knight, a resident of her native state for about forty years. Married to Robert Eugene Allen. Children: W. Eugene J. Knight, Mark Knight, Robert Knight, Joseph Knight. Active in civic and church work. Served one of the first two women who were sent as missionaries to England by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints: was delegated to International Council of Women in London, 1899; for two years Matron of Brigham Young University. At one time Candidate for State Senator; Delegate to National Democratic Convention, New York City, 1924. For four years member of State Welfare Commission, at present serving on general board of National Women's Relief Society; vicepresident of State Mental Hygiene Society. National Democratic Committee Woman for Utah, 1928. Member: Browning Society, Nelke Reading Club, Brigham Young University Women. Home: 390 E. Center St., Provo, Utah.
ANDERSON, Nettie Thatcher, (Mrs.), born in Salt Lake City, Utah, September 13, 1868, former resident of Idaho, New York City, California, living in Logan, Utah, for the last 45 years. Married to Clarence Daniel Anderson. Children: Robert Wallace Sloan, George Thatcher Sloan, Richard Thatcher Sloan (by former husband). Professional musician. An apostle of music. Former student of Rafael Joseffy at National Conservatory, New York City, and Steinway Hall; studied voice under Irenee Berge and Oscar Saenger; achieved distinction both in piano and voice. Was urged by Joseffy to assist him with his teaching, also invited to belong to the Bohemian Club of New York. Has taught piano in the music department of the Agricultural College of Utah for about 15 years; has been the inspiration and mentor of private pupils in Logan for over 25 years. Member: Daughters of the Pioneers. Home: 59 West First Street, South, Logan, Utah.
BABCOCK, Maud May (Miss), born May 2, 1867, in East Worcester, New York, daughter of William Wayne and Sarah Jane Butler Babcock, a resident of Salt Lake City, Utah, for thirty-five years, formerly living in Binghamton, New York. Head of Department of Speech, University of Utah. Member of National Speech Ass'n. Associate Editor, Quarterly Journal of Speech. Director of Utah Educational Ass'n and Utah Theatre. Organizer and Director of Varsity Players at Social Hall (first community theatre with six professional players). For twenty years, member of the Board of Trustees of Utah State School for the Deaf and Blind (12 years president of the board). Author: "Pedagogy of Interpretation," "Interpretation for High School," "Interpretation for College," "Studies in Dialect. Member: Theta Alpha Phi (former National President), Phi Delta Phi (honorary). Home: 273 11th East St., Salt Lake City, Utah.
BARTLETT, Nellie Cleveland (Mrs.), born April 15, 1870, in Hillsdale, Michigan, daughter of Charles Chapin and Miranda Kellogg Cleveland, a resident of Utah for ten years. Married to the late Lewis Washington Bartlett. Librarian (Sprague Branch Library). The circulation of her Branch Library has greatly increased since she took charge and her Branch is second to none in Salt Lake City. Member: D. A. R., Colonial Dames, Ladies Literary Club, Daughters of 1812 (registrar for Utah Chapter). Home: Belvedere Apts., Salt Lake City, Utah.
BEELEY, Glenn Johnson (Mrs.), born March 13, 1894, in Moroni, Utah, daughter of Abraham 0. and Maribah Davis Johnson, a resident of Salt Lake City for ten years. Married to Arthur Lawton Beeley, Ph. D. Children: Mary, Stephen. Art teacher and interior decorator. A. B. Young University, Provo, Utah, 1916. Instructor in Art, Young University, Provo, Utah, 1914-16; Emery State Academy, Castle Dale, Utah, 1917-18. Graduate student in art; University of Chicago, Chicago Art Institute, S. F. Art Institute. Member of Chicago Art Institute. Member: Women's Civic Center Ass'n (head of Department of Arts and Crafts), Book Fellows, National Occupational Therapy Ass'n. Frequent contributor on subject of handwork to "Children's Friend" and "Young Woman's Journal." Home: 356 South 12th East St., Salt Lake City, Utah.
BELESS, Anna Margaret, (Mrs.), born in Fountain Green, Utah, September 10, 1864, a life-long resident of the state. Married to James Thomas Beless. Children: Warren, Edith, Ruth. For 10 years state organizer of Utah Fed. of Woman's Clubs. Active in civic and literary fields. For 5 years president, City Fed. of Women's Clubs. Originated the plan of "City Beautiful and Clean-up" for Salt Lake City. Member: Wasatch Literary Club, Seekers Literary Club. Home: 707 Second Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah.
BELL, Ruth Moench, (Mrs.), born in Ogden, Utah. A resident of Logan for a number of years. Married to George A. Bell. Children: Ruth, Alladine, George, Richard. Teacher, Utah Agricultural College. Graduate, Ashmore School of Expression; B. S., Utah Agricultural College; student, University of Chicago, Berkeley and Columbia University; has studied and traveled in Europe; head of the Department of Dramatic Art, Utah Agricultural College, 1900-07; director of Community Children's Plays, staging her own adaptations of "The Blue Bird" and "Peter Pan"; her serials and plays have been published in all the magazines of the state; articles have appeared in Harper's Weekly, Delineator, The Woman's Magazine, Boston Cooking School, American Motherhood; writer of scenarios for the Gaumont Company and other film companies; author of "Plotting the Play," which carries an introduction by Clayton Hamilton. Associate founder, Utah Agricultural College Little Theatre, Campus Players Club and Playmakers Club. Member: Business and Professional Women's Club, Utah Agricultural College Faculty League, U. A. C. Woman's Club, Periwig, Theta Alpha Phi. Home: 84 East Third St., North, Logan, Utah.
CANNON, Annie Wells (Mrs. John Q.), born in Salt Lake City, Utah, December 7, 1859, daughter of General Daniel H. and Mrs. Emmeline B. Wells. Married to Col. John Quayle Cannon. Mother of twelve children, eleven living; had three sons in the World War. Former member of House of Representatives; author of measures for social welfare and art. Director, Library Board. For fifteen years assistant editor of Woman's Exponent. Contributes verse and prose to various magazines and newspapers. Member of Board of Directors of American Relief Ass'n. Member: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Service Star Legion (national historian), National Woman's Relief Society, (honorary member for Utah), American Woman's Assn., Utah Woman's Press Club, Order of Bookfellows. Home: 1354 S. 9th West, Salt Lake City, Utah.
CHAMP, Frances Winton (Mrs. F. P.), born October 6, 1897, in Duluth, Minnesota, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Crayton Winton, a resident of Utah for six years. Married to Frederick Percival Champ. Children: Lind Mary Knox, G. Herbert Champ. Concert pianist. Will be soloist in the Chicago and Minneapolis symphony orchestras. Studied at Boston Conservatory. Played several times in recital in Cincinnati Conservatory Hall. Has given concerts at Tabernacle and Stadium. Considered one of the leading musicians in the west. Member: U. A. C, Woman's Club, Faculty League, Sorosis Society. Home: "The Bridges", Logan, Utah.
CHERRY, Louise Keller, (Mrs. J. W.), a native of Manti, Utah, resident of Salt Lake City for 5 years. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Keller. Married to Chief Justice of Supreme Court James William Cherry. Children: Alfred Keller, Winona, R. Louise, Mary E., James W. Jr., Keller Banks. Taught elementary school for several years; at one time critic teacher and director of physical education for women. Brigham Young University at Provo; for 4 years trustee, Manti School District; helped to secure a Carnegie library in Mt. Pleasant and served as member of library board for many years. Member of Memory Park Committee (since 1926). Past president of several Mt. Pleasant organizations; at present, president of the Utah-Wyoming Division, Service Star Legion. On Board of Directors of Salt Lake County Red Cross. Member: P. T. A., Woman's Republican Club, Service Star Legion, Delta Epsilon Mothers. Home: 355 Douglas Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah.
COULTER, Mary Anna Clara Geigus (Mrs. Chester Emory), born in Savanna, Illinois, September 7, 1859, daughter of John Nicholas and Caroline Christina Wasmund Geigus, a resident of Ogden, Utah, for thirty-eight years, formerly living in Illinois, Michigan and California. Married to the late Dr. Chester Emory Coulter. One son, Halvor Geigus, writer and playwright; served throughout late war and signally honored for field and administrative services by the French government.; designated and registered by the French Academy as "Major Halvor Geigus Coulter, Officier d'Academie, University of Palms," and was awarded corresponding decoration. Mrs. Coulter was admitted to the bar in Michigan and Illinois, but never practiced. A. B., Northwestern College, Naperville, Illinois, 1880; LL. B., University of Michigan, (1885, class honors). Actively interested in politics, education, women's clubs and ameliorative movements. Unitarian. Republican. Spent two years in the Orient studying conditions. Elected to House of Representatives, Utah, 1902 (the only woman in the Fifth Assembly). Served as chairman Judiciary Committee of House, instituted laws for the betterment of social conditions. Organizer, 1904, and president until 1908, Weber Co. (Utah) Woman's Rep. Club, and was twice a delegate to the Republican State Convention; delegate to the Progressive State Convention (1912), Presidential Elector Prog. Party in 1912, speaker in two National Campaigns in Utah, Founder Aglaia Club (president for two years), president Utah Fed. Women's Clubs (1900-04), State vice-president Women Lawyers' Ass'n. of New York City. Member: Pi Gamma Mu, National Arts Club, N. Y., Ogden Historical Society, University of Michigan Alumni, American Women's Hospitals, European Literati and Booklovers and other national and international organizations. Eastern Address: National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park, New York. Home: Mesa Lodge, 1216 25th St., Ogden, Utah.
DERN, Lottie Brown, (Mrs. George H.), born in Fremont, Nebraska, Oct. 23, 1875, daughter of Wm. Steele and Ida Belle Martin Brown, a resident of Salt Lake City for 27 years. Wife of present Governor of Utah, Hon. George H. Dern. Children: Mary Joanna Baxter, John, William Brown, Elizabeth Ida, James George. Active in all civic affairs. Member: D. A. R. (Past Chapter Regent and Past State Regent), League of Women Voters, Women's Auxiliary of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. Home: 715 E. South Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah.
EDDY, Eva Sweany (Mrs. Wynn L.), a native of Kansas, daughter of Gordon and Sarah Cox Sweany, a resident of Utah for thirty-one years. Married to Wynn Leland Eddy. Children: Alice Leland. Active in club affairs. Formerly taught school in state of Washington; one of the founders of Civic Improvement Club and has held several offices, including, for two terms president of the Civic Improvement Club; inaugurator of Community Christmas Tree in Brigham City; for eight years director Utah State Federation; third vicepresident, (two years); now president of Northern Division Utah State Federation. Member: 0. E. S., Civic Improvement Club, Kindergarten Club. Home: Brigham City, Utah.
FRAZER, Mabel (Miss), born in West Jordan, Utah, August 28, 1887, daughter of David Ingles and Mary Woolfenden Frazer, a life-long resident of Utah. Artist and Art Teacher. A landscape painter, active in art work in school and home, lecturing and writing on creative American art; President of Art Section, Utah Educational Ass'n (one year); for four years, vice-President, Utah Art Institute; teacher in Art Department, University of Utah. Member: Chi Delta Phi, "Nat Liberary," Faculty Women's Club. Home: 332 University Street, Salt Lake City, Utah.
FROISETH, Jennie Anderson (Mrs.), born December 6, 1847, in Ballyshannon, Ireland, daughter of Finley and Sarah Strong Anderson, a resident of Salt Lake City for fifty-seven years. Married to Bernard A. M. Froiseth. Five children living. Newspaper writer. Associated with Frances Willard in W. C. T. U. activities. Worked with Julia Ward Howe and other early exponents of woman's suffrage. First president of first Literary Club in Utah (1875); was vicepresident for Utah for the National Ass'n. for the Advancement of Women. One of the organizers and the second president of the "Sarah Daft Home for the Aged." Still very active in church, club and civic affairs. Author: "Women of Mormonism." Member: Ladies Literary Club (honorary), Women's Republican Club. Home: 126 B. St., Salt Lake City, Utah.
GATES, Susa Young (Mrs.), born March 18, 1856, in Salt Lake City, Utah, daughter of Brigham and Lucy Bigelow Young, the first child born in the Lion House. Married to Jacob F. Gates. Children: Mrs. John A. Widtsoe, Prof. B. Cecil Gates, Mrs. E. A. Bowen (Emma Lucy Gates), Harvey Gates, Franklin Y. Gates. Head of Press Department of Utah Genealogy Society. Organized music and domestic science departments of Brigham Young University; at present, trustee of same. From her earliest childhood she has been devoted to education and has developed exceptional literary and artistic abilities coupled with unusual powers of organization and leadership. Her literary labors have been voluminous; she has always been an intelligent and valiant promoter of woman's suffrage. Founded in 1889, edited and owned for 11 years, The Young Women's Journal, presented it later to Young Ladies' Improvement Ass'n. Member of Board, Y. L. M. I. A., 1889-1911. From 1914-21, editor of Relief Society Magazine; 1905-11, member of Board, State Agricultural College. Editor of Genealogy Department of Saturday Evening Edition of Deseret News for many years. Well known as genealogist of Young family. Has given long service in developing and teaching genealogical lesson work from Canada to Mexico. Author: "Lydia Knight's History", "Handbook of Genealogy and Temple Work", "John Steven's Courtship", "History of Y. L. M. I. A.", "Lesson Book on Genealogy", "History of Brigham Young", "Memorial to Elizabeth Claredge McCune", "Women of the Mormon Church". Has contributed to the local press constantly from 1870-1923, stories, articles, verse and feature material. Member: Utah Women's Press Ass'n, National Women's Press Ass'n, Utah Genealogical and Historical Society, London Society of Genealogists, California Society of Genealogy, National Genealogical Society, New England Genealogical and Historical Society. Home: 672 North 1st West St., Salt Lake City, Utah.
HALL, L. E. (Mrs.), born February 25, 1849, in Hartford, Vermont, daughter of Joseph E. and Maria Savage Hood, a resident of Utah for forty-nine years. Married to the late Lucius Endicott Hall. Children: Mrs. Mary Hunt, Florence M., Mrs. Anna M. Forehand, Mrs. L. H. Roe, Mrs. W. E. Tracy, William Hood. Active in civic, club and church affairs. At one time, physical culture teacher; very much interested in Neighborhood House Ass'n., striving to place more works of art in our public schools. Member: Ladies' Literary Club, D. A. R., Free Kindergarten and Neighborhood House Ass'n. Home: 78 East First North St., Salt Lake City, Utah.
HORNE, Alice Merrill, (Mrs.), a native of Fillmore, Utah, daughter of Clarence and Bathsheba Merrill, a resident of Salt Lake City for the last 30 years. Married to George H. Horne. Children: Dr. Lyman Merrill, Virginia, Zorah, Albert Merrill, Mrs. L. E. Winder. Art Dealer. Writer. Served as member of third State Legislature; author of bill creating the Utah Art Institute, now having its 27th annual exhibition of fine arts. Dealer in paintings and oriental rugs; also owns a private gallery. Conducts traveling exhibitions to various cities of the state. For 15 years, served on Board of National Woman's Relief Society, as chairman of art, public health. Author: "Columbus," "Westward Ho!," "Devotees and Their Shrines"; a handbook of Utah Art and various poems. Member: Ass'n for Encouragement of InterMountain Artists, D. A. R., Daughters of Pioneers of Utah. Home: 868 Second Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah.
HYDE, Jeannette A. (Mrs.), born in Spring City, Utah, daughter of Abram and Nancy Acord, a resident of Honolulu, Hawaii, for three years. Married to Joseph Hyde. Children: Joseph J., Orson A., Frank W., Romain Hyde Woolley, Golda Hyde Gordon. Collector of customs. A graduate of Brigham Young University. For nineteen years a member of General Board, Relief Society of Mormon Church; for eight years, member of National Republican Executive Committee; for four years, member of Board of Regents, University of Utah. Former executive in charge of Western Division of Republican Women. Always interested in civic affairs, and for many years a leader in Utah state and national politics. Member: Women's Republican Club, Zonta Club, Home Economics Club, W. C. T. U., Outdoor Circle. Home: Federal Bldg, Honolulu, T. H.
HYSLOP, Grace M. (Mrs. J. W.), born in Bettsville, Ohio, August 10, 1882, daughter of Benjamin F. and Mary E. Baum, a former resident of Aberdeen, South Dakota, living in Utah for eleven years. Married to Reverend John William Hyslop. Children: Dorothy M., John W., Jr. President of Ogden Humane Society and State President and Operation Manager of the Utah Humane Society. Interested in Child Welfare and Animal Protection Work. Active in church, school and young people's doings. Contributes to Humane Journals and local papers. Member: O. E. S., Women's Relief Corps, Woman's Auxiliary Women's Guild, Daughters of the King, Y. P. F., etc. Home: 327 23rd St., Ogden, Utah.
JACOB, Maude Beeley (Mrs. E. A.), born in Stockport, England, March 5, 1884, daughter of John W. and Elizabeth A. Lawton Beeley, a former resident of England, living in Utah for twenty years. Married to Elmer Acred Jacob (Civil Engineer). Children: Dorothy M., Weston M., Norman A., Elmer A. Educator. A.B. degree. College of Preceptors. London (1908); M. A. degree, Brigham Young University, Utah (1923). Candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Univ. of Washington. Active in club affairs and educational work; Chairman, Department of Education, Utah Federation of Women's Clubs (1924-28); Editor of Utah Federation Bulletin (1925-28); Head of Department of English, Provo High School; President, Women's Municipal Council (1925-26). Member: Brigham Young University Women, Provo High School Women, National Education Ass'n, Utah Federation of Women's Clubs. Home: 258 North Second East, Provo, Utah.
JACOBS, Alberta L. (Mrs. H. C.), born in Mt. Pleasant, Utah, October 18, 1882, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Larsen, a former resident of Canada for six years, living in Utah for thirty-nine years. Married to Henry Chariton Jacobs. Children: Dorothy, James L., Chariton, Briant-Stringham. Reader and lecturer on Art and Fine Arts, landscape painter, author. Member of Carnegie Library Board for fifteen years, acting in the capacity of President; Vice-president, Secretary and Chairman of Book Committee. Founder of Twentieth Century Club, Mt. Pleasant; former President, Woman's Republican Club; for fifteen years President of Mutual Improvement Ass'n. Member: Twentieth Century Club. Home: Mt. Pleasant, Utah.
JENSEN, Elizabeth W., (Mrs.), born in Kanah, Utah, March 11, 1885, daughter of Edwin D. and Florence Snow Woolley, a resident of Logan for the last 15 years. Married to George Christian Jensen. Children: Alberta, George Dilworth, Arthur Lowell. Librarian, Logan High School. B. A. degree, Utah Agricultural College; has taught school for several years. Promoted and organized the Kanah Public Library; for 5 years, chairman of Literature, Utah Fed. of Women's Clubs; former president, Clio Club. Member of Cache County Board, Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Member: Clio Club. Home: 505 S. Second St. West, Logan, Utah.
KINNEY, Antoinette B., (Mrs. C. S.), a native of New York, a resident of Utah. Daughter of Joseph A. and Mary J. Daniels Brown. Married to the late Clesson S. Kinney (attorney and author). Children: Selwyn Perez. For 4 years member of the Utah State Senate. Active social welfare worker. At one time regent of State University. Past Pres. of State Fed. of Women's Clubs. Former president of various clubs. Originated the idea of a Memory Grove (a park in City Creek Canyon, created as a memorial to the heroes of the World War by the Service Star Legion). Member: Woman's Club, Republican Club, Service Star Legion, O. E. S., Ladies Literary Club, D. A. R., American Ass'n of University Women. Home: 820 E. Fourth South St., Salt Lake City, Utah.
KNELL, Alice (Allie) L. Canfield (Mrs.), born in St. George, Utah, October 28, 1865, daughter of David and Elizabeth Canfield. Married to B. F. Knell. Former school teacher. For many years on Public Library Board (a member of the first Library Board); a member of the first Iron County Hospital Board. For twenty-five years, president of girls' M. T. A. Held many offices in Women's Clubs and other organizations. Member: Cedar City Woman's Club, Round Table Club. Home: Cedar City, Utah.
KNIGHT, Jennie Brimhall (Mrs J. W.), born in Spanish Fork, Utah, December 13, 1875, daughter of Dr. George H. and Alsina E. Wilkins Brimhall, a former resident of Canada, living in Utah for forty-eight years. Married to Jesse William Knight. Children: Richard, Phillip. Educator and social worker. For three years Matron for Brigham Young University; Teacher in Public School and Brigham Young Training School. For thirteen years State Pres. of Y.S.M.I.A. Member of Utah State Board of Relief Society; has acted as delegate to various national conferences of social work; for the past seven years Vice-President of National Women's Relief Society. Member: Browning Society, B. Y. University Women, Nelke Reading, Patron National Council of Women. Home: 289 East Center, Provo, Utah.
KNISELY, Katherine Shepherd, (Mrs. Philip Warren), born in Louisville, Kentucky, December 14, 1876, a resident of Utah for 22 years. Daughter of Charles Buford and Pollie Adams Shepherd. Married to Philip Warren Knisely. Active in Woman's Clubs affairs. Former primary supervisor, Ogden Public Schools (introduced manual and physical training in Ogden Schools). Charter member and former president, Ogden Civic League; founder and past president of Ogden Drama Club. In 1918, editor-in-chief of "Passing Times"; organizer and chairman of the Drama Division of the Utah Fed. of Women's Clubs. Ogden Drama Club, D. A. R., Colonial Dames, Ogden Art Society, Ogden Fed. of Women's Clubs. Home: 2461 Adams Ave., Ogden, Utah.
LEATHERWOOD, Nancy A., (Mrs. Elmer O.), a native of Warensburgh, Missouri, former resident of Wisconsin and Kansas, living in Utah for 26 years. Daughter of Henry and Mary L. Albaugh. Married to Elmer O. Leatherwood. Children: Margaret Jane. Interested in historical, literary and civic activities. National chairman of Historical and Literary Reciprocity Committee, D. A. R. Vicepresident for Utah of the League of American Penwomen; at one time president of Utah Fed. of Women's Clubs and General Fed. Director for Utah. Member: Ladies' Library Club of Salt Lake City, D. A. R., American Ass'n of University Women, League of American Penwomen, Congressional Club, O. E. S. Home: 1237 East 1st St. South, Salt Lake City, Utah.
LEDYARD, Caroline S., (Mrs. E. M.), B.A., M.A., born in St. Clair, Michigan, May 22, 1879, resident of Utah for 13 years. Married to Edgar Madison Ledyard. Active in educational and civic affairs; taught school for eleven years, at one time instructor of Modern Languages, College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines. One of the founders and first president of the Salt Lake City Branch of the Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae (now the American Ass'n of University Women). Chairman, Department of International Relations, including the Committee on Pan-American Scholarships and Pan-American Essay Contests, Utah Federation of Women's Clubs. Member: American Ass'n of University Women, League of Women Voters, O. E. S., Ladies' Literary Club, Western Federation of Women's Clubs (life member). Home: 49 South Ninth East Street, Salt Lake City, Utah.
LYMAN, Amy Brown, (Mrs.), born February 7, 1872, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, a life-long resident of the state. Daughter of John and Margaret Zimmerman Brown. Married to Richard Roswell Lyman, Ph. D. Children: Wendell Brown, Margaret Lyman Schreiner. Social worker. Graduate, Normal School, Brigham Young University, 1890. Member of the Utah House of Representatives, 1923-24; as chairman of the Public Health Committee, introduced the bill to accept the Sheppard-Towner Act, which passed both Houses by unanimous vote. General secretary, National Woman's Relief Society since 1910; recording secretary, National Council of Women of the United States, 1925-27; present auditor of the National Council of Women; secretary, Utah State Conference of Social Work; vicepresident of Salt Lake Community Clinic; member of the Advisory Committee, Salt Lake County Hospital staff. Member: Authors' Club, Women of the University of Utah, Woman's Republican Club, Daughters of the Pioneers, Social Service Club. Business address: 28 Bishop's Bldg. Home: 1084 Third Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah.
MARRIOTT, Georgina G., (Mrs.), born in Huntsville, Utah, June 29, 1865. Married to Moroni S. Marriott. Children: Mrs. Winifred M. Steffenson, Mrs. Glenna Packer, Mrs. Lois Wilcox, Sherman G. Taught school for 15 years; former president of North Weber Stake Relief Society; past president of Child Culture Club. Has travelled extensively in Europe and New Zealand; author of many newspaper and magazine articles; for 6 years a member of the State Fair Board. Member: Child Culture Club, State Fed. Women's Clubs. Home: 225 23rd St., Ogden, Utah.
MAW, Margaret P., (Mrs. C. E.), born in Torslev pr. Skovsgaar, Denmark, August 9, 1874, resident of Provo, Utah, for the last 25 years. Married to Dr. Charles Edward Maw. Children: Marylin, Carlyle, Florence, Margaret. Teacher. Served on Board of Examiners for teachers. Interested in business and welfare work. Served on Board of Education for 3½ years; fostered Free Health Clinic; organized Women's Municipal Council; sponsored hairdressing laws to put business on educational basis, member of Utah Board of Examiners. President of Utah Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1924-28. Member: Utah Sorosis, Women's Municipal Council, Utah Public Health Executive Committee, University Women. Home: 245 N. University Ave., Provo, Utah.
MAYCOCK, Rena B., (Mrs.), born in Salt Lake City, Utah, June 3, 1876, a life-long resident of the state. Children: Miriam. Teacher, Utah Agricultural College Extension Service. Has taught in public schools and colleges, specializing in Physical Education, English, Home Economics, Institutional Dietetics, Extension Service, has served in the latter ten years as State Home Demonstration Leader. Assists in program making, lectures, literature, exhibits for program projects of various women's organizations in the state. Member: Business and Professional Women's Club, State and National Home Economics Club, State Fed. of Women's Clubs, National Phi Upsilon Omicron. Home: Utah Agricultural College, Logan, Utah.
MILLER, Minnie W., (Mrs.), a native of Saratoga Springs, New York, daughter of Abram and Cornelia Viele, a resident of Utah for thirty-eight years. Married to Lee Charles Miller. Children: Kean, Bonnie. Breeder of registered live stock; owner and operator of Thousand Springs Farm, Wendell, Idaho, with high class Guernsey cattle and Hampshire sheep. Member Board of Trustees, Agriculture College of Utah. For five years State Regent, Utah D. A. R. Member: Ladies Literary Club, D. A. R., New York Woman's Club. Home: 1427 Ramona Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah.
MUSSER, Burton W. (Mrs.) born in Neuchatel, Switzerland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jean Rodolphe Furer. Her father was well known in annals of Switzerland. Resident of Utah for twenty years. Married to Burton W. Musser. Children: Bernard F. Linguist. Interested in the welfare of foreigners and in Social Agencies dealing with them. Trustee, Utah Agricultural College; State Chairman of Democratic Committee. Acting president of Neighborhood House Ass'n. Home: 1133 Harvard Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah.
PARSONS, Katherine Barrette, (Mrs.), born in Thibodeaux, Louisiana, daughter of John Dunsworth and Margaret Elizabeth Barrette. Former resident of Iowa, living in Utah for 41 years. Married to Arthur Huntington Parsons. Children: Arthur B., Margaret Parsons Hyde. Former school teacher. First president, Salt Lake City Teachers' Ass'n; past director, Y. W. C. A.; has been president of several clubs; former secretary of the City Fed. of Women's Clubs. Wrote the State Fed. song, "Utah, Our Homeland," which was adopted February 5, 1924; author of a history of the Ladies' Literary Club from 1877 to 1927, which was published in book form, September, 1927. Member: Short Story Club, Ladies' Literary Club (honorary). Home: 160 South Tenth East, Salt Lake City, Utah.
PAXMAN, Achsa E. (Mrs.), born in Provo, Utah, June 28, 1885. Resident of the state for 42 years. Married to W. Monroe Paxman. Children: Elaine, Rulon, Beth, Monroe, Jr., Doressa. Elementary and High School teacher for several years; member of State Legislature for two terms; president of State League of Women Voters; former president of Women's Republican Club; at present president of Utah State Relief Society; member of Municipal Council. Member: Nelke Reading Club, Women's Republican Club, High School Faculty Women. Home: 441 W. First So., Provo, Utah.
PEDERSEN, Beatrice A. (Mrs. N. A.), born in Salt Lake City, Utah, November 6, 1880, daughter of Robert R. and Elizabeth Holland Anderson, a resident of Logan for twenty-one years. Married to N. Alvin Pedersen. Children: Faye, Jean, Trix, Troy, Betty. Former school teacher; was president and secretary of U. A. C. Woman's Club, also past president of U. A. C. Faculty Women's League. For one year secretary of P. T. A. Active in all civic and club affairs. Member: U. A. C. Woman's Club, Utah Agricultural College Faculty Women's League. Home: 358 N. Fourth St., Logan, Utah.
PERKINS, Ethelyn F. (Mrs.), born in Salt Lake City, Utah, daughter of B. A. M. and Jennie Anderson Froiseth. Married to Percival O. Perkins. Children: Elizabeth Jane. Pianist and teacher. Active in all civic and musical affairs of the community. Member: Ladies Literary Club (past president), O.E.S., (Past Matron), P.E.O., Bookfellows, MacDowell Club (president), Civic Opera Ass'n. Home: 126 B Street, Salt Lake City, Utah.
PETERSON, Matilda (Miss), born January 21, 1876, in Huntsville, Utah, daughter of Soren Lynne and Anna Peterson, a life-long resident of the state. State Primary Supervisor. Active in both church and social work. Has traveled extensively, visiting eleven European countries. Attended University of Chicago, Columbia University, New York, University of California. Director, Utah Educational Ass'n (6 years). Member State Board of Education (2 years). Taught in State Normal Schools of Nebraska and Missouri. Represented Utah at Sesqui Centennial, Philadelphia, Penn. (1926). Member: Ladies' Literary, Business and Professional Women's Club (life), Child Culture Club, Ogden, Utah. Address: 223 State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah.
PETERSON, Phebe Nebeker, (Mrs.), born June 3, 1890, in Laketown, Utah, daughter of Hyrum and Phebe Hulme Nebeker, a resident of Logan for twenty-five years. Married to Elmer George Peterson. Children: Marian, George, Martha. Studied at New England Conservatory of Music (Boston). Interested in all civic and club affairs. President of Faculty Women's League. Member: U. A. C. Woman's Club, Faculty Woman's League, State Fed, of Women's Clubs (past vice-president). Home: College Hill, Logan, Utah.
REYNOLDS, Alice Louise, (Miss), born in Salt Lake City, Utah, April 1, 1873, resident of Provo, Utah, for 34 years. Professor of English Literature, Brigham Young University; Associate editor, Relief Society Magazine. Has travelled extensively in Europe. Delegate to American Suffrage Ass'n. in 1918; delegate to Democratic National Convention, San Francisco, 1920. A lecturer on literary and civic subjects for the last 30 years; writer for magazines and journals of Education. Has contributed, personally, 500 rare books to Brigham Young University. This special collection known as Alice Louise Reynolds Collection, has about 2,000 vols. Teacher of literature since 1894. Member of General Board, Relief Society, Salt Lake City. Several times delegate to Biennial of General Fed. of Women's Clubs. Member: Brigham Young University Women, Utah Sorosis Club, Nelke Reading Club, Provo, Ensign Club of Salt Lake City. Home: 156 E. 4th N., Provo, Utah.
RICH, Gladys (Miss), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 26, 1893, daughter of Dr. Ezra Clark and Mrs. Anne Low Rich. Music teacher in the public schools. Graduated from National Park Seminary, Forest Glen, Md., in music, 1915; attended New England Conservatory of Music; A. B. in English, 1923, University of Utah; N. Y. University Certificate of Supervisor of Music, 1928. Composer of two school operettas (published by G. Schirmer): "The Toy Shop"; "Walk the Plank." Member: Mu Phi Epsilon, national honorable musical sorority. Home: Elmhurst Apts., Ogden, Utah.
RICHARDS, Lela Horn (Mrs. C. E.) born in Junction City, Kansas, April 15, 1870, daughter of Dr. T. G. and Mrs. Emaly C. Horn, resident of Utah for 28 years. Married to Charles Edward Richards. Children: Catherine R. Howell, Eleanor R. Schneider. Author. Former president, Neighborhood House; director, Sara Daft Home for Aged. Appointed, May 1927, by governor of Utah, to represent the State at a meeting of famous women which was held in Chicago. Author: "Blue Bonnet Books" (4), "Then Came Caroline," "Caroline at College", "Caroline's Career", "Only Henrietta", "Henrietta's Inheritance". Member: Saturday Night Club, Ladies Literary Club, (honorary). Home: 217 South 11th East St., Salt Lake City, Utah.
RITCHIE, Lily Munsell (Mrs.), born in Bloomington, Illinois, February 13, 1867, daughter of Dr. Oliver Spencer and Mrs. Elizabeth Whipp Munsell, a resident of Utah for thirty-seven years. Married to Judge Morris Latimer Ritchie. Children: Rosamond Ritchie Moore, Oliver Henderson, Elizabeth Latimer. Writer. Author: "Chicken Little Jane" (series of juveniles), "In His Own Image" (a novel), "The Man, the Woman, and the University" (Scribner's), "American Ideals vs. the University" (London Quarterly Review), "Our Pathological Realism" (London Quarterly Review), "The Giant's Stories", and scattered poems, short stories and sketches. Member: Kappa Alpha Theta, Ladies Literary Club, (honorary member). Address: City & County Bldg., Salt Lake City, Utah.
STRAUP, Della L. (Mrs. D. N.), born November 27, 1866, in South Bend, Indiana, daughter of A. and Mary Huston Lindley, a resident of Utah for thirty-two years. Married to Judge Daniel N. Straup. Children: Cordelia, Rosalind, Danella. Taught school in Indiana and in Salt Lake City; served for two years as president of Women's Republican Club; for one year, president of Ladies Literary Club and Reviewers Club. Member: Ladies Literary, Reviewers Club, Women's Republican Club. Home: 225 S. 12th East St., Salt Lake City, Utah.
THATCHER, (Mrs. George W.), a native of Salt Lake City, Utah; studied music in Boston and New York City. Married to George Washington Thatcher. Children: Patience. Teacher of Pianoforte. Former librarian at Brigham Young College; school organist; her home is center of music. Prepares students for the great American conservatories of music. Member of Tabernacle Choir. President of U. A. C. Woman's Club. Member: U. A. C., Woman's Club, U. A. C. Women's Faculty League. Home: 169 East Center St., Logan, Utah.
THATCHER, Leora (Miss), born in Logan, Utah, May 12, 1894, life-long resident of the state. Actress. Graduate of University of Utah, majoring in Dramatic Art, member of the cast of the "Varsity Players;" has distinguished herself in character work, in college and community plays. Has traveled with Swarthmore Chautauqua, of Swarthmore, Pa.; also won distinction as an actress with the Moroni Olsen Circuit Repertory Players (circuits in eastern states, the Northwest and Canada). Has had charge of the art department in public schools; has conducted private classes in Dramatic Art. Home: 95 South First St., Logan, Utah.
THOMAS, Ellen Hebden (Miss), born in Ogden, Utah, May 12, 1877, daughter of James M. and Mary Holroyd Thomas. Musical Director and teacher of singing and piano, Ogden Conservatory of Music. Her parents were pioneers of the West; they opened the first music store in Ogden. Interested in Civic and Musical Activities. Has done considerable concert work as soloist. Started, 1918, first Christmas Carol Jubilee; arranged five May Festivals with Sunday School children. In 1922 musical director and general chairman of "A Golden Song Jubilee." In 1914 she assisted in organizing the Ogden Conservatory of Music. Vicepresident, Utah Federation of Music Clubs. Represented Utah, as State delegate to the Biennial of National Federation Music Clubs, 1927 in Chicago, Member: Sempre Musical Society (past president) Song Society (past president), Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Ogden Drama Club. Studio: 2320 Washington Ave., Ogden, Utah.
VERNON, Weston (Mrs.), born in Logan, Utah, November 24, 1873, a life-long resident of the state. Married to Weston Vernon. Children: Lais, Aldyth, Weston, Clinton, Frances, Marjorie. Teacher of English. Vicechairman, Logan Kindergarten Ass'n.; member of Executive Board, Little Theatre; chairman of Legislative Committee, Business and Professional Women's Club; for the last 6 years Democratic National Committeewoman of Utah; member of the Legislative Committee, State Fed. of Women's Clubs; past president, B. Y. Literary Club, Clio Club, A. C. Faculty Women's League; former state legislative chairman of Business and Professional Women's Fed. Clubs; has organized Drama Clubs in various parts of the county; has devoted life to the study of Literature and the promotion of its study. Member: A. C. Faculty Women's League, Business and Professional Women's Club. Home: 123 East Second St., North, Logan, Utah.
WILLIAMS, Clarissa S., (Mrs.), born in Salt Lake City, Utah, April 21, 1859, daughter of George Albert and Susan West Smith, a life-long resident of Utah. Married to the late William N. Williams. Children: George Albert, Bathsheba, Lyman Smith, Mrs. Clarissa Van Law, Mrs. Sarah Wilson, Mrs. Eva Darger, Mrs. Georgia James. Humanitarian. Began work with Latter-Day Saints Relief Society (National Woman's Relief Society) at the age of 16, advancing to First Vice-President, 1911; General President since 1923. Member of Board of Directors, Utah Public Health Association; attended International Council of Women, Rome, (1914), Washington (1925). Active in Red Cross relief work during late war; Chairman of State Council of Defense, Member: D.A.R., Authors Club, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. Home: 1401 Sigabee Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah.
WRIGHT, Dora (Miss), born in Logan, Utah, daughter of John F. and Martha D. Wright, a life-long resident of the State. Librarian, Cache County Library. She is the granddaughter of John Pannelle Wright, a first settler of Logan who surveyed the town and named it. Former vice-president of the Utah Library Ass'n; president of the Association in 1925. Organizer and Librarian of Cache County Public Library; this is a combined city and county library. Member: Utah Library Ass'n, Business and Professional Women's Club (charter member). Home: 185 South 1st East, Logan, Utah.
YOUNG, Valeria Brinton (Mrs. L. E.), born in Cottonwood, Utah, daughter of David B. and Susan H. Brinton. Married to Levi Edgar Young. Children: Harriet, Jane, Eleanor. Former member of State Board of Health; Secretary, Utah Anti-Tuberculosis Society. Past president of Women of University of Utah; former president of Author's Club; member of Executive Board of State Fed. of Women's Clubs. Member: Women of University of Utah, Service Star Legion, Republican Women's Club, League of Women Voters, Ensign Club. Home: 555 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah.