Gates, Susa Young, 1856-1933
Dates
- Existence: 1856 - 1933
Biographical History
Susa Young Gates (1856-1933) was a writer and prominent public figure in Utah.
Susa Young Gates was born on March 18, 1856, to Brigham Young and Lucy Bigelow in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and dedicated much of her time and efforts to church service. She married Alma Bailey Dunford on December 1, 1872, is Salt Lake City, Utah but later divorced. Prior to their split, they had two children. Susa remarried in 1880 to Jacob Forsberry Gates on January 5, in St. George, Utah. Together they had eleven children. She pioneered the Brigham Young Academy music department, founded the "Young Woman's Journal," served on the Brigham Young University Board of Trustees, and was a member of the National Council of Women. Susa died on May 27, 1933, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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John Stevens' courtship: a story of the Echo Canyon War, 1909:t.p. (Susa Young Gates)OCLC, Feb. 6, 2003(hdg.: Gates, Susa Young, 1856-1933; usage: Susa Young Gates)
Wikipedia, website viewed 25 July 2013(Susa Young Gates; born March 18, 1856, Salt Lake City, Utah Territory; died May 27, 1933, Salt Lake City; born Susa Young to Lucy Bigelow and LDS church president Brigham Young; attended Brigham Young Academy in Provo, Utah where she founded the music department; 4th president of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers; attended the University of Deseret; 1872 married Alma B. Dunford and had 2 chidren, but divorced in 1877; married Jacob F. Gates in 1880 and had 13 children with him; missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Sandwich Islands; founded the Young Woman's Journal; author; founded the Relief Society Magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; delegate to five congresses of the International Council of Women; delegate and officer of the National Council of Women; member of the Board of Regents of Brigham Young University and Utah State Agricultural College; head of the Research Department and Library of the Genealogical Society of Utah)
Woman's Exponent author list, 2016:(Susa Young Gates, also wrote under the name "Homespun")
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, via WWW, April 5, 2021 (Susa Young Gates - Church History Topics, Restoration and Church History)
FamilySearch, August 30, 2024 (married Alma Bailey Dunford on December 1, 1872, is Salt Lake City, Utah but later divorced; had two children; remarried in 1880 to Jacob Forsberry Gates on January 5, in St. George, Utah; eleven children; died May 27, 1933, in Salt Lake City, Utah)
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Reed Smoot correspondence, 1891-1941
Contains Reed Smoot's personal and professional correspondence, both outgoing and incoming. Includes letters to government employees and departments, Brigham Young University, and others. Also contains letters to and from Susa Young Gates, Merrill Nibley, and several others. Includes some correspondence to U.S. Presidents, such as Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover. Dated 1891-1941.
Reminiscences of Brigham Young Academy
Contains an article on the origin of the Music department by Susa Young Gates; recollections of teaching in the Primary department by Anna Smoot Taylor; a brief overview of the Ladies Work department by Jennie Tanner; and a tribute to A. O. Smoot (authorship unknown).
Susa Young Gates papers, 1876-1915
The papers of Susa Young Gates, mother of Emma Lucy Gates Bowen, concerning her work as a mother and a teacher, including a scrapbook compiled by Susa Young Gates. Materials dated 1876-1915.
Tokyo letter
Handwritten letter dated 23 July 1903 from Tokyo, Japan and addressed to Helen and Owen. The author of the item is unknown, but he refers to "Aunt Susa Gates" in Logan, Utah.