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Show Girl with a Heritage 17 Barnard and Nora Stewart only a block away from the home of Angus and Sarah was Cannon, Madelyn grew close her mother's sister, Ann to Mousley Cannon. Five years older than Ann N ora, Cannon cared for her parents in their declining years-until Sarah died Angus in in 1912 1915. and "Aunt became a second mother to Madelyn and lived Annie" with the Stewarts most of the years from 1915 until her death in 1948. It would not be an exag geration to say that Aunt Annie, as she was always called, was Madelyn's ideal Ann M. Cannon, Madelyn's beloved aunt and mental, cultural, and spiritual mentor. Aunt Annie supported herself, cared for her aged par ents, and came to live with her sister, Nora, after their parents died. Picture taken in 1905. in learning, in religious activ- ity, in teaching, in work habits, and in personal philosophy. Madelyn's "heritage" thus includes not only her parents and grandparents, but also Ann Cannon. Until her death in 1948, Aunt Annie introduced Madelyn to the world of books, art, music, poetry, and society. She taught her how to swim, took her on hikes, helped cure her dizzy spells, explained to her sat isfaction the Mormon system of plural marriage, and tutored her in the art of writing and editing. She helped Madelyn under stand Mormonism and its relation to the world. Ann M. Cannon, who never married, was born September 29, 1869. She began school at age four, received business train ing from her brother George M. Cannon when she was thirteen, then worked in his real estate office in downtown Salt Lake City Saturdays and holidays and during the summers. Meanwhile, she attended the University of Deseret (later University of Utah), completing her liberal arts degree in 1886 on when she was seventeen. She became the secretary of the General Board of the church's Young Women's Mutual |
