Item Detail
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Moody, Virginia Finlinson
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1912-1994
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MSS SC 719
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Scrapbook
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On April 7, 1912 Virginia Finlinson was born to Lidia Lyman and Leo Finlinson in Oak City, Millard County, Utah. She grew up and attended school here until she entered Brigham Young University and received her Normal Education Degree in 1932. She taught school for two years in Oak City, Utah. She married Milo Crestfield Moody, MD in 1934 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They later lived in Spanish Fork, Utah. Soon after they were married they had their first child, with six more over the next 17 years. She returned to BYU and graduated at the same time as her eldest son with a degree in Education, Music and Art in 1961, 29 years after getting her Normal Education degree. She died on October 22, 1994.
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This manuscript is a scrapbook supporting Virginia's nomination for Utah's Mother of the Year in 1976. It is 21 pages altogether. It contains a newspaper clipping from Spanish Fork's newspaper dated March 10, 1976 announcing Virginia's nomination and a bit on Virginia's accomplishments qualifying her for the honor. There is a nomination blank for the American Mother's Committee, Inc. of New York with Virginia's information. There is a summary page about Virginia and her family. There are six letters of recommendation from some of her friends and acquaintances, such as her Relief Society President, a member of the Thalian Club that sponsored her, and a BYU professor of art. There are also resumes of sorts for Virginia, Milo and all seven of her children describing their professional experiences, religious activities, hobbies, and a few other things. Virginia is described in the letters as a wonderful caring person who went beyond herself in serving her husband, her children and her community. She was very involved in civic responsibilities and raised seven socially aware and successful children. There is a definite current of love for this woman by all those who came in contact with her.
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