Utah Women Advocates

Better Days 2020 commissioned local illustrator Brooke Smart to depict 50 advocates for Utah women. Brooke worked closely with family members and community historians to portray these women and their work authentically. Learn more about these women!

Seraph Young Ford, First Woman in the U.S. to Vote Under an Equal Suffrage Law

Mae Timbimboo Parry, Master Storyteller and Matriarch of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation

Alice Kasai, Advocate for Japanese Americans’ Rights and International Peace

Reva Beck Bosone, Utah’s First Female Judge and First U.S. Congresswoman

Mignon Barker Richmond, Human Rights Activist Who Established Utah’s School Lunch Program

Emmeline B. Wells, Utah’s Leading Suffragist and Editor of the Woman’s Exponent

Barbara Toomer, Powerhouse in the Disability Rights Community Who Was Jailed 35 Times

Elizabeth Taylor, Newspaperwoman and President of the Western Federation of Colored Women

Maud May Babcock, Utah’s First Lady of Theater

Edith Melendez, Civil Rights Leader Who Fought Against Police Brutality

Jennie Froiseth, Women’s Club Founder and Anti-Polygamist Leader

Olene Walker, Utah’s First Female Lieutenant Governor and Only Female Governor

Alberta Henry, Education Leader and Champion for Racial Equality

Geneal Anderson, Chairperson of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah and Anti-Nuclear War Activist

Ivy Baker Priest, Treasurer of the United States and Organizer of Republican Women

Ellen “Mama” Selu, Community Leader and Host of KRCL’s “Voice of Polynesia” Radio Show

Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon, First Female State Senator and Founder of the Utah State Board of Health

Esther Landa, Women’s Rights Activist and President of the National Council of Jewish Women

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