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Show P. LUCINDA Elected 1929 JENSEN to 1931 was the oldest daughter of Chrest and Mary C. Peterson and granddaughter of the early pioneers. Born in Bear River City, she Lucinda a spent local her father's ranch there and attended the father died and she her At fifteen, mother's counselor and assisant in running the ranch. later Sacred Heart Academy in Ogden and student at girlhood on her elementary schools. became her She was a attended LOS University in Salt Lake. During this time she became assistant to Mrs. Emmeline B. Wells in the office of the Woman's Exponent. It was "Aunt Em" who encourage her to tour Europe before settling down. This she did, spending a year on the continent. At twenty-two, she married and business man. In time five sons and a daughter. Orson Jensen, a successful stock raiser they became the parents of six children, She began teaching Sunday School at age fourteen, then music and drama and private piano lessons. At fifteen, she became leading in and adventures amateur their all lady theatricals with misadventures; the curtain that refused to go up or down at the crucial moment; the villain who dropped dead just before the fatal shot was fired. It was a hobby that continued until she was sixty five; directing, supervising makeup, teaching posture and movement and prompting. She also gave literary lessons, book reviews, did research, record keeping and genealogy. Then camae the organization of farm groups. Lucinda traveled throughout most of Utah with these groups and the extension service of the Utah Agricultural College discusing taxation, cooperatives, home management and foods, becamae She cloth1ng, etc. home beautification, recreation, baking, canning, at efficient dying, "cleaning, pressing, decorating, building dress forms, wood boxes, fireless cookers and fly traps. Then came poi i tics, the down-to-earth kind; serving as precinct as cha.i r on the Sta te Executi ve Commi t tee, secretary at a GOP Convention in the old Salt Lake Theatre in 1929. She ran for the legislature and was elected, the first woman to be elected to that office from Boxelder County. During the 1929 regular session she served on five Public Industrial School, committees; Health, Uni versi ty of Utah and Agricul tural ColI ege, the State Mental Hospital and Resolutions and Memorials. She also served in the 1930 special session. Lucinda State State been 86 interested in taxation. It was in 1929 that the Bill was introduced to practically eliminate the The Property purpose of the income tax seems to have conveniently forgotten as to the repeal of the property tax. was Income most Tax Tax. |
