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Show She Republican member of the Utah House of Representatives of As cha ir of the public welfare committee os the House, she introduced and successfully sponsored the bill providing for Utah's acceptance of the federal Sheppard-Towner Act "to promote the weI fare and hygiene of infancy and materni ty." As vice chair of the Education committee she promoted a measure which empowered the state universities to assist their respective faculty members in procuring old age annuities. a was 1923 24. - I In 1929 she worked for the for legislation which provided establ ishment of the Utah for mental I y state Training School deficient children. In May of 1930 the Governor of the state appointed her a member of the board of trustees of this school where she served for eleven years. the medium of the Relief Society which became a charter of the National the and of Council of Women in 1888, latter's affiliation with the International Council of Women, also in 1888, Rep. Lyman became well known to women I eaders in the United States and in foreign countries. Over a period of 30 years (1911 1940) she represented the Relief Society at 14 sessions of the National Council, and at three sessions of the International Council in in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia WAshingnton D.C. (1925), (1936), and in Edinburgh, Scotland (1938). She served continuously for ten years as an executive officer in the National Council (1925 In 1940 she represented the National Council at the 1934). Women's Centennial Congress in New York in celebration of 100 years Through member - - of organized activity by women. had many special honors accorded her: Elected to Pi Gamma Mu, Social Science Honor Society of America 1931 Designation of the honorary Amy Brown Lyman Relief Society Loan and Scholarship Fund. 1937 Distinguished Alumnus Award bestowed by B.Y.U. 1943 Elected by Salt Lake City Council of Women to its Hall of She 1924 - - - - Fame. 1954 1975 Amy Honorary Life Membership Award by Utah State Conference Social Work - - of Selected as one of the ten most prominent Utah mothers for inclusion in 1976 Bicentennial publication of the American Mothers Committee, Inc. was listed in Who's Who in America, 1924-1925. She died in 1959. 75 I |
