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 UTAH 647 and children workers. Utah already had an equal guardianship law but largely through the efforts of Mrs. Cannon it was im- proved and is now regarded as a model and has been copied by other States. She is a representative daughter of Mrs. Wells. In 1915 Mrs. Elizabeth A. Hayward and Mrs. Lily C. Wolsten- holme were elected and to the former the improved child labor law must be credited. In 1917 she was re-elected and Dr. Grace Stratton Airy and Mrs. Daisy C. Allen became members of the Lower House. During 1915-1917 laws raising the age of pro- tection for girls to 18 and requiring equal pay for equal work were enacted. Mrs. Hayward, at the request of the women's Legislative Council, introduced the resolution calling on Congress to submit the Federal Amendment. In 1918 she was elected State Senator. In 1919 Dr. Airy was re-elected and Mrs. Anna (i. I Mercy and Mrs. Delora Blakely were elected to the Lower House. Altogether there have been thirteen women members of the Legislature. No State has better laws relating to women and children than Utah. It has been difficult to persuade the women to stand for impor- tant offices. The modern furious pace set by campaigners and the severance of home ties for long periods are not alluring to wives and mothers but they find many public activities through which to exercise their executive abilities. They sit on the boards <>f many State and local institutions and serve on committees for civic and educational work. A considerable number have filled and arc now tilling city and county offices. Mrs. L. M. Crawford has a responsible- position in the office of the State Land Board. Mrs. MrVickar was State Superintendent of Schools. In KM; a new department was added to the office of the Adjutant ( ieneral sions for those veterans who had served in the early Indian wars of Utah. Mrs. Kli/.abcth M. Cohen was given <dy of the old Indian War Records and was named Com- 1 'cnsions;. In order to prove the claims of these men and women ^lie cooperated with the Pension Bureau at Washing- ton, D. C. Up to date out of a possible i .500 whose claims have merit nearly /no pensions have been granted, bringing into the When Brigham Young established those monuments to his
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