| Show rr II I I rN NOTABLE UTAH W WOMEN Wi U u J bW rj i I Il l i 1 i it a t 4 I 94 1 r 1 i 1 L I I Ji L MRS LORENZO SNOW 0 n rp F oms JoHNNIE J 3 SNOW the tho subject ot of this sketch Is Jr t German and Norwegian descent her parents being among the earliest European converts to Desiring to make their horne home In Utah i her parents owing to time opposition In their native land band to tenets of their I II newly adopted faith were obliged In order to avoid detention to embark se seUy e Uy for tor merl ol even Mrs Snow states 10 wI waiting t to die dispose of nf their I property but merely merel closing their doors upon n a home which the they never neer to see seo or hear from again ArrivIng In Utah on October 5 1851 they settled In Brigham City where whereon I on October 10 the subject ot of this sketch was wal born lien lIer early years ears were Vert de devoted devoted voted to study and being gifted with excellent musical ability special atten attention tion was as given to acquiring proficiency Inthis art Of an ambitious tempera meat ment Mrs Mra Snow availed herself ot of the best advantages at her disposal for edu educational and musIcal culture both In her natIVe ell city and Salt Lake In which I latter lalier place the ehe spent silent some lome time pursuing her favorite studies Returning to BrIgham undertook the duties of of the tabernacle post tion which she filled for tor over twenty During this perIod Mrs Snow also alao directed many public the WilY way of cantatas etc and founded a number of libraries In the at the same lame time taking II part In various other educational movements mOVement which won flattering encomiums for the Stake as being among the most ambitious and of the State In 1871 she became the wife of Apostle Lorenzo orenzo Snow no President ot of the Church ot of Jesus Christ of Saints During the absence ot of her bus hus band In Palestine which covered n a perIod ot of two years eara she continued her I It t studIes In German Bud and French while teaching school and at the same sarno time adding to her musical culture and part In the Relict Society work of tIme the lOCAl branch branchIn In 1815 she was called to presIde over the Young Ladles Ladies Mutual Improve I meat ment association of City and at the organization of the Boxelder Stake association four years later she was appointed to time the position ot or Stake the duties ot of both positions being most faithfully and The requirements requirement of time the office necessitated annual visits to the varl van vanous ous OUI branches which were attended with many difficulties but resulted In much good In the organization and development of the societies In 1893 1813 Mrs Sno Snow Was appointed deleGate from the 1 Y L M t I A to the Worlds Congress ot of Women omen during the Worlds Fair and two to years earl later acted as delegate ot of the Young Ladles Ladies Notional National Improvement associations at the Na a Council of n held In Washington reading nn an original paper at time the convention whIch hleb elicited mu much h f favorable notice In February ISH 1599 the triennial session ot of the National Council ot of Women convened In Washington and Mrs Bno Snow was a again chosen delegate for the Y 1 N M u I A t to the tIme the report of the Utah branch which was war read by Mrs Snow before the council also alBo calling forth many eulogistic comments At time the present time Mrs Mra Snow Is a member ot of the cener general l board bord of the Y 1 LM 11 I A and much of her time Is Ie devoted to this and other worthy enter prices for the cultivation ot of higher Ideals and the ot of man mankind mankind kind As ono one has haa saul said lien Her situation In life clearly clearl the Ity of h me life lite and public enterprise walking hand In hand Bucce success attending both where executive ability faith and merc mercy are not lacking w |
