first edition
1883 · Salt Lake City
by Homespun" [Susa Young Gates]
Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1883. First Edition. 102pp. Duodecimo [18.5 cm] Green cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board. Better than very good. This diminutive faith-promoting work on the life of Lydia Knight (1812-1884) who was an early convert to the LDS Church and the wife of Newell Knight - their marriage was the first performed by the Prophet Joseph Smith. Lydia traveled the overland trail with the other Saints in the late 1840s. She was a longtime resident of Southern Utah and spent many years as a Temple worker.
Susa Young Gates (1856-1933) wrote nine books, including the first Mormon novel by a Mormon and a major biography of her father, Brigham Young. Also active in politics and women's organizations, Susa helped organize the National Household Economics Organization, served as a delegate and speaker to five Congresses of the International Council of Women, served as a delegate and officer of the National Council of Women, and was the Utah organizer of Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, and National Woman's Press Club. (Inventory #: 9856)
Susa Young Gates (1856-1933) wrote nine books, including the first Mormon novel by a Mormon and a major biography of her father, Brigham Young. Also active in politics and women's organizations, Susa helped organize the National Household Economics Organization, served as a delegate and speaker to five Congresses of the International Council of Women, served as a delegate and officer of the National Council of Women, and was the Utah organizer of Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, and National Woman's Press Club. (Inventory #: 9856)
(801) 641-2874
