Susa Young Gates
| Susa Young Gates | |
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| 4th President of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers | |
| In office | |
| June 3, 1905 – September 15, 1908 | |
| Predecessor | Maria Young Dougall |
| Successor | Isabell Whitney Sears |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Susa Young March 18, 1856 Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, |
| Died | May 27, 1933 (aged 77) Salt Lake City |
| Resting place | Provo City Cemetery 40°13′30″N 111°38′38″W / 40.225°N 111.644°W |
| Alma mater | Brigham Young Academy |
| Notable works | Founded the Young Woman's Journal and the Relief Society Magazine |
| Spouse(s) | Alma B. Dunford (1872-1877) Jacob F. Gates(1880-1933) |
| Children | 15 |
| Parents |
Brigham Young Lucy Bigelow |
Susa Young Gates (March 18, 1856 – May 27, 1933) was a writer, periodical editor, and women's rights advocate in Utah.
Susa Young Gates was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, to Lucy Bigelow, LDS Church president Brigham Young's twenty-second wife. She entered the University of Deseret at age 13, and by age 14, she had become the editor of the student newspaper, College Lantern. In 1872, she married Alma B. Dunford and had two children, Bailey and Leah. However, the couple divorced in 1877. Susa gained custody over their son Bailey, while Dunford gained custody of Leah, who later became the wife of John A. Widtsoe.
In 1878, Susa Young entered Brigham Young Academy in Provo, Utah, where she founded the music department. In 1880, she married Jacob F. Gates. She had 13 children with him, seven of which did not survive to adulthood.
Gates and her husband served as church missionaries to the Sandwich Islands in the Kingdom of Hawaii in the late 1880s. She would later recount her experiences here in a novel The Little Missionary. They returned from this mission in 1889. The couple left for a second mission in 1902, however, they had to finish early due to Gates suffering a "nervous and physical breakdown." This breakdown caused her to be ill for three years. However, she eventually returned to health.
In 1889, after returning from their first mission, Gates founded the Young Woman's Journal, a periodical targeted to adolescent Latter-day Saint females. In 1897, the journal was adopted by the Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association. Gates stepped down as editor of the Journal in 1900, but continued to contribute occasionally until it ceased publication in 1929.
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