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Women of Commitment: Elect Ladies of Brigham Young University

Marian Wilkinson Jensen, Bountiful, Utah: Horizon Publishers, 1997, 6.5x9.5" hardbound, 220 pages.

This compilation of unique biographical sketches is a tribute to the role of women in the development of Brigham Young University. The portraits of 32 outstanding ladies encompassed in its pages provide not just a compendium of personal and University history, but portfolios of personal qualities and characteristics worthy of emulation.

     The book opens with a brief history of the University's noted women's organization, BYU Women. This group had a significant impact over the years, both socially and on important causes such as the First and Second World War efforts. The missions of this organization-to provide intellectual and social opportunities and to promote charity and the ideals of the University-are amply reflected in the lives of the women commemorated in the balance of the book.
     Beginning with a touching memorial to her mother, Alice Ludlow Wilkinson, the author has painstakingly assembled biographies that inspire and motivate as they provide a source of remembrance. All who read them will find in the lives and personal philosophies of these choice
ladies a source of inspiration and encouragement.  These vignettes present a broad cross-section of BYU women. They range from the wives of University presidents, department chairpersons and
distinguished faculty to university staff members. All were women whose lives and personalities touched the minds and hearts of those who met them. The book provides sterling examples of what a person can accomplish through love, determination and dedication.
     Women of Commitment was written over a period of six years, and was prepared with the collaboration of many friends, relatives and admirers of the Sisters whose lives are portrayed. It is presented with the firm belief that these remarkable women earned the right to have their lives recorded for generations to come.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, 8
PREFACE, 9

                                 BYU WOMEN-THE WOMEN'S COMMUNITY
HELEN DIXON, EILEN POWLEY, MURIEL THOLE, AND MARIAN W. JENSEN, 11

                                             WIVES OF FIVE PRESIDENTS
ALICE LUDLOW WILKINSON, 16
   Marian W. Jensen and Alice W. Anderson
JUNE DIXON OAKS, 25
   Sharmon Oaks Ward and Dallin D. Oaks
PATRlCIA TERRY HOLLAND, 32
   Mary Alice Holland McCann
JANET GRIFFIN LEE, 40
   Diana Lee Allred, assisted by Jan Nelson Ekeroth
MARILYN SCHOLES BATEMAN, 48
   Michael J. Bateman

                                     ASSOCIATE ACADEMIC VICE-PRESIDENT
CHERYL BROWN, 56
   CindaLee Hall

                                               COUNSELOR OF WOMEN
LILLIAN CLAYSON BOOTH, 61
   Wayne Clayson Booth and Lucille Booth Bushnell

                                                 PRESIDENT'S OFFICE
JANET CALDER, 69
   Jan Nelson Ekeroth

                                             PIONEERING DRAMATIST
KATHRYN BASSET PARDOE, 75
   Shannon Keeley

                                     J. REUBEN CLARK SCHOOL OF LAW
MARY ANNE QUINN WOOD, 82
   Marian W. Jensen

                                             COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
ANNA BOSS HART, 87
   John Hart
BEVERLY ROMNEY CUTLER, 92
   Joyce Cutler Stay
MARIE TUTTLE, 99
   Patty Greaves and Ann Tuttle

                           COLLEGE OF FAMILY, HOME AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
MARION BENNION STEVENS, 105
   Erma Bennion Rollins and Marjorie Wight
RUTH ELIZABETH BRASHER, 109
   Carol Ellsworth, Helen Brasher Mortensen, and Marjorie Wight
LUCILLE NELSON JENSEN, 115
   Mary Louise Seamons, Nicole J. Lyon, and Marjorie Wight
MAXINE LEWIS ROWLEY, 122
   Jenefer Rowley, Mary Beth Christensen, and Maxine Rowley

                               COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
OLGA DOTSON GARDNER, 130
   Kristen Gardner Brown
ROSALIE REBOLLO PRATT, 135
   Elise Bair
BARTA HEINER, 145
   Lauren Comstock Rogers
MARTHA MOFFITT PEACOCK, 151
   Camille Hally

                                               COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
MAE BLANCH, 156
   Susan Ream
SUSAN ELIZABETH HOWE, 161
   Maralyne Howe, Carri Jenkins, and Susan Howe

                                                 COLLEGE OF NURSING
JUNE LEIFSON, 168
   Amy K. Stewart

                                       COLLEGE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
BARBARA DAY LOCKHART, 171
   Jennifer Call

                                                   COUNSELING CENTER
MAXINE LEWIS MURDOCK, 176
   Molly Murdock Broadbent and Chad Lewis Murdock

                                                           LIBRARY
LUClLE MARKHAM THORNE, 182
   Sally Thome Taylor and Janice Thorne Dixon
CONNIE LAMB, 188
   Janet Porter, Carolyn Lamb Bean, and Marjorie Wight

                                         MISSIONARY TRAINING CENTER
MARY ELLEN EDMUNDS, 194
   Sandra Rogers and Mary Ellen Edmunds

                                         INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCERS
MARY BEE JENSEN, 202
   Susanne J. Davis, Delynne B. Peay, Marian W. Jensen, and Susan J. Kiser

         PROGRAM BUREAU, YOUNG AMBASSADORS AND LAMANITE GENERATION
JANE "JANIE" THOMPSON, 210
   Shaunna Erwin

                                                 FRIEND AND SUPPORTER
ARTEMESIA ROMNEY BALLIF, 216
   Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill and Heather Bennett Hanson

END NOTES, 220
INDEX, 221

Title: Women of Commitment: Elect Ladies of Brigham Young University

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