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English
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Susa Young Gates, 1856-1933 : Educator, Suffragist, Mormon
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Chicago, Illinois
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Loyola University of Chicago
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Ph.D. diss.
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"Susa Young Gates was the forty-first child of Brigham Young, the Mormon prophet and president whose vision and tenacity forged a thriving community in the Great Basin region of the American West during the last half of the nineteenth century. Susa Young Gates would come to forge her own mark on social systems in Utah--particularly education. Susa's talents were numerous, and her stamina was legendary. Not only did she become a considerable force in the campaign for national suffrage, but Susa was also a skilled writer and editor, a gifted musician, a widely respected genealogist, and a persuasive public speaker. Though accomplished in many fields, and committed to many causes, Susa's contribution to the development of education in Utah is often overlooked. Susa's influence on education Utah was significant. She actively campaigned for female enrollment in college and high school. She designed and implemented courses in domestic science and physiology. Susa also spent the majority of her adult life serving as a trustee at two major tertiary institutions in Utah, Brigham Young University and the Utah State Agricultural College. The following study identifies the features of Mormonism that shaped Gates' philosophy toward education, and examines the underlying influences of Mormon thought and practice on the development of education during the last half of the nineteenth century, and the first three decades of the twentieth century." [Author's abstract]