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Show AFTON Elected BRADSHAW 1985 to-- Afton Bradford Bradshaw wa the seventh of nine children born to John Ross and Lenore Maxwell Bradford in Sal t Lake Ci ty, Utah. was an athletic child. Afton She won the local hopscotch and was Salt Lake the tournament, champion in City "jacks" two in a row. tournament She also in years participated synchronized swimming, tennis amd sking during her college years. was the first of the Bradford children to graduate from college,and she liked it so well, she has continued to take classes at the university throughout her life. When her youngest child graduated from college, she decided to get back to serious study Afton With a son in Law school, she attended Graduate school, herself. and received her Master's degree in American Colonial History the son same day her graduated from Law School. Bradshaw felt she had already graduated from the school of hard knocks. During the Depression, hr father lost his business, and the family lost their home. Her father died at age 47 leaving her mother with seven children at home. She was ill equiped to a earn living. She had left school in the 9th grade to help at horne, but her forefathers had walked across the plains, and she knew how to work. Rep. day, she rode the street car to work at the Arms PI ant She worked side by side with men who made more sorting bullets. than she Thus did, doing the same work. money began Afton's lifelong interest in equal rights for women. Every Afton married Howard Chipman Bradshaw in 1949. They children. Susan Bradshaw Larsen, Jim and Alan Bradshaw. have five grandchilden. had three They also active in civic affairs, especially at the She served on the Alumni Board for 11 years, 3 years as Vice President of the Association. She served as Chair of the Advisory Board for the Graduate school of Social Work, and was a charter member and secretary of the Crimson Club, and on the Advisory Board for the University's Humanities Center. Rep. Bradshaw University of has been Utah. other activities were Director of the Utah Transit Authority, salt for the Lake Communi ty Commi t tee Servi ces Governor's Counci I, Center for the Arts, President of the PTA, Authors' Club, Women's Legislative Council, Constitutional Revision Commission, Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, Trustee for Ballet West, and the Board of Directors for the Salt Lake Chapter of the American Red Cross. 199 |
