| 词条 | Alice Merrill Horne |
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Alice Merrill Horne (1868–1948) was a Utah artist and politician. Early life and educationAlice Merrill was born in Fillmore, Utah Territory, to Charles Merrill and his wife Bathsheba (Kate) Smith. Her maternal grandparents were George A. Smith and Bathsheba W. Smith. Alice Merrill married George H. Horne, who spent much of his career as a banker in Salt Lake City.[1] Early in their marriage, George served as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in the southern United States, and during this time Alice worked as a schoolteacher in Salt Lake City. George and Alice had six children.[2] Alice Horne studied at various times at the University of Deseret (now the University of Utah) the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and privately under Utah artists John Hafen, George M. Ottinger, J. T. Harwood, Herman Haag, Mary Teasdel, and Henry Taggart.[2] Political Career and Leadership PositionsIn 1898, Horne was elected to the Utah House of Representatives (3rd Utah State Legislature). While in the state legislature, she was a key force behind enacting a bill to create a state art institute and to create a state art collection.[1] The latter is today named the [https://heritage.utah.gov/arts-and-museums/things-collections Alice Art Collection] after her (State of Utah Art Collections).[2] She also was on the committee that oversaw the acquisition for the current site of the University of Utah.[1] In 1901, Horne was called as a member of the general board of the LDS Church's Relief Society. She served on the board until 1915 and during part of this time was chair of the art committee.[3] In 1904, she served as a delegate on behalf of the Relief Society to the International Congress of Women held in Berlin.[2] She served as president of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers from April 11, 1903, to April 24, 1905.[1] Starting in the 1920s, Horne ran an art gallery with the main goal of exhibiting and selling works of inter-mountain artists. Her husband died in 1934 and she continued to run the art gallery until her own death in 1948.[2] Accolades
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{Cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/horne-alice-merrill-1868-1948|title=Horne, Alice Merrill (1868–1948) - Dictionary definition of Horne, Alice Merrill (1868–1948) {{!}} Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary|website=www.encyclopedia.com|language=en|access-date=2018-01-09}} {{-}}{{s-start}}{{s-npo}}{{S-bef| before = Annie Taylor Hyde}}{{s-ttl | title =2nd President of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers | years = {{start date|1903|04|11}}–{{end date|1905|04|24}}}}{{s-aft | after = Maria Young Dougall}}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Horne, Alice Merrill}}2. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite web|url=https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/h/HORNE_ALICE.shtml|title=Utah History Encyclopedia|website=www.uen.org|language=en|access-date=2018-01-09}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.dupinternational.org/subpage_Listofpresidents.php|title=Daughters of Utah Pioneers|website=www.dupinternational.org|access-date=2018-01-09}} 20 : 1869 births|1948 deaths|American leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Members of the Utah House of Representatives|People from Fillmore, Utah|Presidents of Daughters of Utah Pioneers|University of Utah alumni|Smith family (Latter Day Saints)|Relief Society people|Women state legislators in Utah|19th-century American politicians|19th-century American painters|19th-century women politicians|19th-century American women artists|20th-century American politicians|20th-century American painters|20th-century American women politicians|20th-century American women artists|American women painters|Painters from Utah |
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