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Show 32 ELISE PURER Elected Elise Furer county when 1933 MUSSER to 1937 small feminine soft spoken woman who carne to this 17 years old. She was converted to the Mormon Church in Switzerland. She could speak three languages and found work translating in a court room when needed. In was a she was 1911 she married French, Spanish and They had one son, Musser and gave private lessons in while her husband attended law school. health was somewhat precarious. Burton W. German and her started by accident. She read a paper she had written on Russia to her "Cleophan" group, and was asked to read it at the State Womens Democratic Convention. Governor George Dern's wife heard her, became acquainted with her, and the Governor asked She served for her to be the State Chair of the Democratic Party. 7 years, and then went on to be the National Committeewoman for 4 Her political career years. She ran for the Labor Senate in 1933 and was astonished that she social legislation and introduced the Child one of the finest in the country. State She worked for Law considered won. In 1936, she was selected over a large field of candidates, by Pres. Roosevelt to the Inter-Amerian peace Conference in Buenos Aires. She was the only woman delegate in a group of 99 men and was abl e to speak fi ve languages. comrni t tee She headed up the U. S. between which drew a up treaty regarding exchange students countries. Secretary Hull said of EI ise, "1 f the President had combed the whole united States for a woman delegate, he could not ' have found another one that could have done the job Mrs. Musser did." She toured the world Committee to End as an ardent advocate of the "People Mandate Wr." President Roosevelt appointed Mrs. Musser American Conference in Lima, Peru in 1938. a delegate to the Pan She was acti ve wi th the Neighborhood House for over 30 years, the Visiting Nurse organization, was a member of the Y.W.C.A., Tuberculosis Board; Community Chest, Welfare Council, Vice Chairman of the Polio Drive;, United War Fund, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Utah Agricultural College for eight helped organize years. |
