Beatrice A. Pedersen (born November 6, 1880) was an educator, the president of Utah Agricultural College Faculty Women's League.
Early life and family[edit]
Beatrice Anderson was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on November 6, 1880, the daughter of Robert R. Anderson and Elizabeth Holland.[1] Her grandfather was John Anderson (1805, Leith, Firth of Forth, Scotland - 1888, Salt Lake City) who immigrated to Utah in 1863; he married Jane Russell (born 1807), daughter of Jeannette Morrison of Denny, Loanhead, Scotland. John Anderson was a missionary in Scotland for 23 years, a high priest, a block teacher, a Sunday school teacher, a home missionary and a shoemaker.[2]
Career[edit]
Beatrice A. Pedersen was a school teacher.[1]
Pedersen was the president and secretary of Utah Agricultural College Woman's Club, and president of Utah Agricultural College Faculty Women's League.[1]
For one year Pedersen was the secretary of Parent-Teacher Association.[1]
Pedersen was active in all civic and club affairs.[1]
Personal life[edit]
Beatrice A. Pedersen moved to Logan, Utah, in 1907 and lived at 358 N. Fourth St., Logan, Utah.[1]
Beatrice Anderson married Neils Alvin Pedersen (1879-1968), emeritus dean of the College of arts and Science at Utah State University: from 1907 until 1945 he served as professor of English at Utah State and was widely known as an authority on the works of Shakespeare.[3] They had 5 daughters: Faye, Jean, Trix, Troy, Elizabeth "Betty" Tacohy.[1] Pedersen's nephew, Dr. Donald MacLean Switz, son of Theodore M. Switz, married Elise Hurd, daughter of Edward A. Hurd.[4]
The Pedersens retired to San Marino, California in 1962.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g Binheim, Max; Elvin, Charles A (1928). Women of the West; a series of biographical sketches of living eminent women in the eleven western states of the United States of America. p. 177. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
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- ^ Esshom, Frank (1913). Pioneers and prominent men of Utah. Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company. p. 720. ISBN 9785879587937. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ^ "November 19, 1968". The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California: 37. 1968. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ^ "Bridal in Spring for Elise Hurd, Smith Alumna". New York Times. 1964. Retrieved 13 August 2017.