Susa Young Gates
| Susa Young Gates | |
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| 4th President of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers | |
| In office | |
| June 3, 1905 – September 15, 1908[1] | |
| Predecessor | Maria Young Dougall |
| Successor | Isabell Whitney Sears |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Susa Young March 18, 1856 Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, |
| Died | May 27, 1933 (aged 77) Salt Lake City |
| Resting place | Provo City Cemetery 40°13′30″N 111°38′38″W / 40.225°N 111.644°W |
| Alma mater | Brigham Young Academy |
| Notable works | Founded the Young Woman's Journal and the Relief Society Magazine |
| Spouse(s) | Alma B. Dunford (1872-1877) Jacob F. Gates(1880-1933) |
| Children | 15 |
| Parents | Brigham Young Lucy Bigelow |
Susa Young Gates (March 18, 1856 – May 27, 1933) was a writer, periodical editor, and women's rights advocate in Utah.
Personal life[]
Susa Young Gates was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, to Lucy Bigelow, LDS Church president Brigham Young's twenty-second wife.[2] She entered the University of Deseret at age 13, and by age 14, she had become the editor of the student newspaper, College Lantern.[3] In 1872, she married Alma B. Dunford and had two children, Bailey and Leah.[3] However, the couple divorced in 1877.[2] Susa gained custody over their son Bailey, while Dunford gained custody of Leah,[3] who later became the wife of John A. Widtsoe.[4]
In 1878, Susa Young entered Brigham Young Academy in Provo, Utah, where she founded the music department.[2] In 1880, she married Jacob F. Gates. She had 11 children with him, seven of which did not survive to adulthood.[2]
Gates and her husband served as church missionaries to the Sandwich Islands in the Kingdom of Hawaii in the late 1880s.[2] She would later recount her experiences here in a novel The Little Missionary.[5] They returned from this mission in 1889. The couple left for a second mission in 1902, however, they had to finish early due to Gates suffering a "nervous and physical breakdown." This breakdown caused her to be ill for three years.[2] However, she eventually returned to health.
Career[]
In 1889, after returning from their first mission, Gates founded the Young Woman's Journal, a periodical targeted to adolescent Latter-day Saint females. In 1897, the journal was adopted by the Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association.[2] Gates stepped down as editor of the Journal in 1900, but continued to contribute occasionally until it ceased publication in 1929.
In 1915, Gates founded Relief Society Magazine a periodical targeted at members of the Relief Society. The magazine became the official publication of the church's Relief Society, and Gates edited it until 1922.[2] Gates also wrote several books, including a biography of her father, two novels, a history of women in the LDS Church, and a 1911 history of the YLMIA.[3]
Other contributions[]
Gates was active in promoting women's rights and women's suffrage. She was a founding organizer of the National Household Economics Organization, served as a delegate and speaker to five congresses of the International Council of Women and was a delegate and officer of the National Council of Women.[3] Gates was also a primary organizer of the Utah chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers,[1] and the National Woman's Press Club. She attended several Republican National Conventions. Gates was also a member of the Board of Regents of Brigham Young University from 1891 to 1933, and Utah State Agricultural College. from 1906 to 1912[3]
Susa Young Gates was also active in genealogy and LDS Church temple work. She managed the genealogy departments in the Deseret News and Inter Mountain Republican and edited and wrote columns for both papers in 1906. She later became the head of the Research Department and Library of the Genealogical Society of Utah in 1923.[2]
Gates died in Salt Lake City at the age of 77.[3]
Publications in the Relief Society Magazine[]
Articles[]
- "International Genealogical Congress at the Panama-Pacific Exposition". Relief Society Magazine. 2 (9): 388–402. September 1915.
- "Mothers in Israel". Relief Society Magazine. 3 (3): 123–148. March 1916.
- "Mothers of Our Leaders in Israel". Relief Society Magazine. 3 (5): 243–255. May 1916.
- "The Cliff Dwellers". Relief Society Magazine. 3 (11): 622–631. November 1916.
- "Reception at the McCune Home". Relief Society Magazine. 3 (12): 677–688. December 1916.
- "To Genealogical Students". Relief Society Magazine. 4 (2): 121. February 1917.
- "The Red Cross". Relief Society Magazine. 4 (9): 489–498. September 1917.
- "Mothers in Israel". Relief Society Magazine. 5 (1): 11–17. January 1918.
- "The Passing of Apostle Hyrum M. Smith". Relief Society Magazine. 5 (3): 125–127. March 1918.
- "Our Relief Society Stake Presidents". Relief Society Magazine. 5 (4): 186–189. April 1918.
- "Music". Relief Society Magazine. 5 (4): 195–197. April 1918.
- "Relief Society Work in the Missions". Relief Society Magazine. 5 (7): 365–388. July 1918.
- "The Temple in Jerusalem". Relief Society Magazine. 5 (8): 427–434. August 1918.
- "My Hero and Heroine: General Richard W. Young and His Wife Mrs. Minerva Richards Young". Relief Society Magazine. 7 (3): 147–148. March 1920.
- "Suffrage Won by the Mothers of the United States". Relief Society Magazine. 7 (5): 249–275. May 1920.
- "LDS Relief Society Class for Training Nurses' Aids". Relief Society Magazine. 7 (6–7): 375–389. July 1920.
- "Mrs. May Wright Sewell". Relief Society Magazine. 7 (9): 499–501. September 1920.
- "Sacred Vestments of Ancient People". Relief Society Magazine. 7 (9): 502–506. September 1920.
- "Church School Education". Relief Society Magazine. 8 (9): 496–502. September 1921.
- "A Memorable Journey to the Scenic Glories of Southern Utah". Relief Society Magazine. 8 (11): 616–632. November 1921.
- "Presiding Patriarchs of the Church". Relief Society Magazine. 9 (1): 3–7. January 1922.
- "President Charles W. Penrose". Relief Society Magazine. 9 (2): 63–68. February 1922.
- "Relief Society Beginnings in Utah". Relief Society Magazine. 9 (4): 184–196. April 1922.
- "Our Hymn Book". Relief Society Magazine. 9 (7): 349–356. July 1922.
- "Sketches of Representative Women of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints". Relief Society Magazine. 18 (5): 247–252. May 1931.
- "Sketches of Representative Women of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints". Relief Society Magazine. 18 (9): 495–498. September 1931.
Relief Society Conference[]
- "The April Conference: Officers' Meetings". Relief Society Magazine. 3 (6): 312–313. June 1916.
- "General Conference of the Relief Society". Relief Society Magazine. 3 (12): 673–674. December 1916.
- "General Conference of Relief Society: General Meetings: Morning Session". Relief Society Magazine. 4 (12): 673. December 1917.
- "Relief Society Conference Minutes". Relief Society Magazine. 6 (8): 437–440. August 1919.
- "Relief Society Conference Minutes". Relief Society Magazine. 6 (8): 453–459. August 1919.
- "Relief Society Conference: Biography and History". Relief Society Magazine. 19 (11): 656–657. November 1932.
Biography[]
- "Alexander Neibaur". Relief Society Magazine. 9 (3): 132–141. March 1922.
See also[]
- Descendants of Brigham Young
- Maud Babcock, the first woman in the University of Utah faculty
- Mormon feminism
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Past Presidents: Presidents of International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers". International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Plummer, Louise (1992). Gates, Susa Young (Vol. 1 ed.). New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. pp. 535–536.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Black, Susan Easton; Woodger, Mary Jane (2011). Women of Character. American Fork, Utah: Covenant Communications, Inc. pp. 112–115. ISBN 9781680470185.
- ^ "The Widtsoe Family Papers . 1866-1966". Utah Division of State History. Utah State Historical Society.
- ^ Hendrix-Komoto, Amanda. "Death and Loss in La'ie". The Juvenile Instructor. The Juvenile Instructor. Retrieved Dec 19, 2013.
External links[]
Archival resources[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Susa Young Gates. |
The following archives are kept at L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University:
- Guide to Susa Young Gates Resources in the University Archives
- Susa Young Gates Notebook, MSS SC 820
- Transcription of Susa Young Gates Notebook
Other links[]
- Susa Young Gates at the MLCA Database
- Works by Susa Young Gates at Project Gutenberg
- Susa Young Gates at Find a Grave
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