Английская Википедия:Elaine A. Cannon
Шаблон:No footnotes Шаблон:Infobox Latter Day Saint biography Elaine Anderson Cannon (April 9, 1922 – May 19, 2003) was the eighth general president of the Young Women organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1978 to 1984. Cannon was a writer and an editor and the author of over fifty books.
Biography
Elaine Anderson was born to Aldon Joseph and Minnie Egan Anderson in Salt Lake City, Utah.[1]Шаблон:Rp As a teenager, she started writing a daily column aimed at teenagers for the Deseret News.[1]Шаблон:Rp She studied philosophy, English, history, and speech at the University of Utah.[1]Шаблон:Rp She graduated in 1943 with a degree in sociology.[2] On March 25, 1943, she married D. James Cannon in the Salt Lake Temple.[1]Шаблон:Rp
She also did freelance work, publishing articles in national magazines including Seventeen and Better Homes and Gardens.
Cannon was key figure in organizing the LDS Student Association. While she worked in establishing Lambda Delta Sigma, the church's sorority, W. Rolfe Kerr worked to establish the church's fraternity, Sigma Gamma Chi. Cannon was also a member of the church's Priesthood Correlation Committee.
In 1959, she served as a delegate to the White House Conference on Youth.[2] During this year, she became an associate editor for "Era of Youth," a section of the Improvement Era that was targeted to adolescents. In 1971, the church magazine New Era was launched, which was patterned after the "Era of Youth" section of the Improvement Era.
In 1978, church president Spencer W. Kimball appointed Cannon as the successor to Ruth H. Funk as the general president of the Young Women organization. During her tenure, the young women of the church began holding a yearly meeting in the Salt Lake Tabernacle; the meeting was intended for all adolescent girls of the church and their mothers, and it was broadcast by satellite around the world. Also during her tenure, young women classes began being held on Sundays as part of the church's consolidated worship services. Cannon was released in 1984 and was succeeded by Ardeth G. Kapp.
Cannon died on May 19, 2003, in Salt Lake City.[2]
References
Sources
- Janet Peterson and LaRene Gaunt (1993). Keepers of the Flame: General Presidents of the Young Women (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book)
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