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Women of The West
Utah

Clubs. Home: 258 North Second East, Provo, Utah.

JACOBS, Alberta L. (Mrs. H. C.), born in Mt. Pleasant, Utah, October 18, 1882, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Larsen, a former resident of Canada for six years, living in Utah for thirty-nine years. Married to Henry Chariton Jacobs. Children: Dorothy, James L., Chariton, Briant-Stringham. Reader and lecturer on Art and Fine Arts, landscape painter, author. Member of Carnegie Library Board for fifteen years, acting in the capacity of President; Vice-president, Secretary and Chairman of Book Committee. Founder of Twentieth Century Club, Mt. Pleasant; former President, Woman's Republican Club; for fifteen years President of Mutual Improvement Ass'n. Member: Twentieth Century Club. Home: Mt. Pleasant, Utah.

JENSEN, Elizabeth W., (Mrs.), born in Kanah, Utah, March 11, 1885, daughter of Edwin D. and Florence Snow Woolley, a resident of Logan for the last 15 years. Married to George Christian Jensen. Children: Alberta, George Dilworth, Arthur Lowell. Librarian, Logan High School. B. A. degree, Utah Agricultural College; has taught school for several years. Promoted and organized the Kanah Public Library; for 5 years, chairman of Literature, Utah Fed. of Women's Clubs; former president, Clio Club. Member of Cache County Board, Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Member: Clio Club. Home: 505 S. Second St. West, Logan, Utah.

KINNEY, Antoinette B., (Mrs. C. S.), a native of New York, a resident of Utah. Daughter of Joseph A. and Mary J. Daniels Brown. Married to the late Clesson S. Kinney (attorney and author). Children: Selwyn Perez. For 4 years member of the Utah State Senate. Active social welfare worker. At one time regent of State University. Past Pres. of State Fed. of Women's Clubs. Former president of various clubs. Originated the idea of a Memory Grove (a park in City Creek Canyon, created as a memorial to the heroes of the World War by the Service Star Legion). Member: Woman's Club, Republican Club, Service Star Legion, O. E. S., Ladies Literary Club, D. A. R., American Ass'n of University Women. Home: 820 E. Fourth South St., Salt Lake City, Utah.

KNELL, Alice (Allie) L. Canfield (Mrs.), born in St. George, Utah, October 28, 1865, daughter of David and Elizabeth Canfield. Married to B. F. Knell. Former school teacher. For many years on Public Library Board (a member of the first Library Board); a member of the first Iron County Hospital Board. For twenty-five years, president of girls' M. T. A. Held many offices in Women's Clubs and other organizations. Member: Cedar City Woman's Club, Round Table Club. Home: Cedar City, Utah.

KNIGHT, Jennie Brimhall (Mrs J. W.), born in Spanish Fork, Utah, December 13, 1875, daughter of Dr. George H. and Alsina E. Wilkins Brimhall, a former resident of Canada, living in Utah for forty-eight years. Married to Jesse William Knight. Children: Richard, Phillip. Educator and social worker. For three years Matron for Brigham Young University; Teacher in Public School and Brigham Young Training School. For thirteen years State Pres. of Y.S.M.I.A. Member of Utah State Board of Relief Society; has acted as delegate to various national conferences of social work; for the past seven years Vice-President of National Women's Relief Society. Member: Browning Society, B. Y. University Women, Nelke Reading, Patron National Council of Women. Home: 289 East Center, Provo, Utah.

KNISELY, Katherine Shepherd, (Mrs. Philip Warren), born in Louisville, Kentucky, December 14, 1876, a resident of Utah for 22 years. Daughter of Charles Buford and Pollie Adams Shepherd. Married to Philip Warren Knisely. Active in Woman's Clubs affairs. Former primary supervisor, Ogden Public Schools (introduced manual and physical training in Ogden Schools). Charter member and former president, Ogden Civic League; founder and past president of Ogden Drama Club. In 1918, editor-in-chief of "Passing Times"; organizer and chairman of the Drama Division of the Utah Fed. of Women's Clubs. Ogden Drama Club, D. A. R., Colonial Dames, Ogden Art Society, Ogden Fed. of Women's Clubs. Home: 2461 Adams Ave., Ogden, Utah.

LEATHERWOOD, Nancy A., (Mrs. Elmer O.), a native of Warensburgh, Missouri, former resident of Wisconsin and Kansas, living in Utah for 26 years. Daughter of Henry and Mary L. Albaugh. Married to Elmer O. Leatherwood. Children: Margaret Jane. Interested in historical, literary and civic activities. National chairman of Historical and Literary Reciprocity Committee, D. A. R. Vicepresident for Utah of the League of

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