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Hamilton, JoAnn Hibbert

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1938-

Biographical History

JoAnn Hibbert Hamilton (b. 1938) is a community activist in Utah.

JoAnn Hibbert Hamilton was born October 10, 1938. She was raised in Brigham City, Utah and attended Brigham Young University. She married her first husband, Sherman H. Hibbert and they attended the University of Idaho together, had eight children, and later served together when he was mission president of the Brazil Central Mission. He died of cancer in 1978. JoAnn married Fred Hamilton and their families combined, including foster children, to include 21 children. In her career she has organized a movement against pornography, indecent exposure, sex addiction, and other issues damaging to the family. She has founded several organizations, including Citizens For Families and Citizens Against Pornography, has written several books, newspaper articles, and other publications, and is a popular motivational speaker often highlighted at BYU Education Week, Especially for Youth, Know Your Religion, and other events for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Citation:
Personal revelation, c1998: t.p. (JoAnn Hibbert Hamilton) inside jkt. flap (bachelor's degree, English, Brigham Young University)

UPB files, Oct. 27, 2010 (JoAnn Hibbert Hamilton; JoAnn L. Hamilton; JoAnn Long; community activist; resident of Bountiful, Utah; b. 1938)

Citizens for Families WWW site, Oct. 27, 2010: JoAnn Hibbert Hamilton biography page (graduate of Brigham Young University; served with husband when called to mission presidency in Brazil for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Familysearch, via WWW, November 4, 2015 (Joann Hibbert Hamilton; b. oct. 10, 1938;

EnvisionEntertain, via WWW, November 4, 2015 (JoAnn Hibbert Hamilton; raised in Brigham City; attended BYU; married Sherman H. Hibbert; University of Idaho; eight children; Mission President of Brazil Central Mission; husband died of cancer 1978; married Fred Hamilton; 21 children together; activist against pornography...; founded CFF, CAP, written several things; speaker EFY, BYU Edu week, Know your Religion; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

JoAnn Hibbert Hamilton papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7673
Scope and Contents Collection includes newspaper and magazine articles, advertisements, informational pamphlets, and correspondence, as well as published materials such as books, DVDs, and audio CDs, all created between 1980 and 2010. Materials document Hamilton's efforts in the anti-pornography unit. The collection addresses subjects such as abuse, pornography, child protection, measures to censure magazine covers in public places, sex addiction, organizations such as Citizens for Families, Internet abuse and...
Dates: 1980-2010
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / JoAnn Hibbert Hamilton papers

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