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Show & U 20th- century Utahns of Achievement This group of minibiographies is intended to high-light the lives of Utah women and men of diverse backgrounds and accomplishments. The basic criteria for inclusion were that the per-son's achievements occurred in the 20th century and that he or she had not been featured previously in Beehive History or Utah Historical Quarterly. No living persons are included. No governors of the state or other very well known individuals were selected, nor were notorious characters such as " Big Bill" Haywood chosen. Indeed, the object was to showcase less well known Utahns and those who though widely recognized in their day may be unknown to younger generations. Given such criteria the list of potential subjects was enormous. Every town has its heroes and heroines. Newspaper files reveal hundreds of men and women who made their town, their state, or the world a better, or at least a more interesting, place to live. Several issues of Beehive History could be filled with the life stories of such individuals. Those included here are not necessarily " the top 34," but all contributed to the history of the state. We are richer culturally, scientifically, politically, and so-cially because of these women and men. Florence Ellinwood Allen She was the first woman appointed to a federal appellate court. Florence Ellinwood Allen was born March 23, 1884, to Clarence Emil and Corinne Marie Tuckerman Allen in Salt Lake City where her fam-ily had moved in 1881 in an attempt to cure her father's tuberculosis. He taught at Hamlnond Hall, a school run by the Congregational church as part of the New West Education Movement. Florence was born in a house on the school grounds, the third of six children. Her father resigned after six years to go into the mining business and moved his family to Bingham. As a child Florence loved out-door activities and carpentry. Her father eventually studied law, passed the bar exam, and served in the territorial legislature in 1888, 1890, and 1894. He was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives when Utah achieved statehood in 1896. Equally active, Florence's mother was involved in a number of organizations, |
